Professor Barry O'Sullivan:

I will respond to all of the members very quickly. I was asked about the top three things. Parents always need to be involved and the digital age of consent needs to be high. We need very robust age verification online and we need a way to enforce age-appropriate content.

There are other things we can do such as, for example, putting markers on the amount of time people spend on devices, so that children are aware of these sorts of things. Basically, if we can help them a little, our children want to help themselves. As for Tusla, I have absolutely no idea what it is thinking. I can only presume it thinks there is an advantage to eliminating the possibility of parents withholding consent for children to go online.