Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is available for schools or other organisations to provide safer social media alternatives to children and young persons. [24382/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department does not provide funding directly to schools or youth organisations to provide safer social media alternatives to children and young persons. However my Department does provide general youth funding under the youth services grant scheme to three national youth organisations which provide on-line safety resources for the youth sector. The National Youth Council of Ireland provides the Web Safety in Youth Work Resource, SpunOut has developed an online safety hub which provides guidelines for young people on on-line safety and Youth Work Ireland, in conjunction with McAfee Security, has developed a digital safety programme which highlights the risks associated with on-line activity.