I add my voice to the horror and disgust of others at the abuse that was outlined in court and offer my sympathy to the victims and their families. I was a bit concerned yesterday to see that on a programme dealing with this issue, the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, said he wants to see the public services card linked to social media accounts in order to verify the identity of users. Does the Government have any plan to bring forward legislation for what seems to be perhaps an ill-thought out and certainly Orwellian and dangerous proposal that would curtail privacy and Internet freedom?

I reassure the Deputy that the Government has no plans to link the public services card to Internet usage, which I agree would be a restriction on privacy and people's freedom. I have no doubt the Minister of State, Deputy Daly's thoughts and proposals were well-intentioned but it is certainly not something the Government is proposing to do.