Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for coming today. We are delighted to see he has made a good recovery. The Minister has seen the outline of my Commencement matter on the regulation of SIM cards and SIM-only, ready-to-go and pay-as-you-go phones. Many of the larger companies have this quite well regulated. They look for identification, proof of age and utility bills before they sell any of these. I was surprised to learn this is not the policy of all companies and is not in legislation. If it is, some of them are flouting it. There has been a huge increase in cyber bullying, trolling and sexting. They are things that are heavily prevalent among teenagers. It is causing fundamental problems in our society. Many gardaí will say that criminals are prospering by hiding behind anonymous identities. I am curious about that. The Minister knows the general point. I will not delay him because he has a busy portfolio and was here yesterday as well. I am curious what our stance is on this. What does the Minister see as the way forward in tightening up the regulations?