I echo what Deputy Howlin stated earlier. Today, reports online, on every radio station and in every newspaper are about how easy it is for children and teenagers to access pornography. Many parents are wondering how best to protect our children and while no one can protect them 100%, it is certainly time the legislators caught up and addressed this issue. The Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs and the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment have discussed this matter and made recommendations. The Law Reform Commission made a recommendation to the effect that an office of a digital safety commissioner, specifically to deal with many of these issues, should be established. The Government has dragged its feet and the Taoiseach was very reluctant initially about the proposal for a digital safety commissioner. In the context of what he said earlier and the commitments that have been made, has the Government given consideration to establishing an office of a digital safety commissioner in advance of the legislation in order to get going on this issue? That is critical. What is going on is appalling. No one ever envisaged this type of total access to content for children of such a young age.

I am not sure if it would work to establish an office with no statutory powers, but I will-----

We have done it plenty of times.

Yes, but I am not sure it works to establish an office with no statutory powers. It may work in other-----

There was the Land Development Agency.

That was established by means of a statutory instrument.

There was no legislation.

There was. The Deputy is wrong.

We have all known for some time that access to vile and violent material, including that of a pornographic nature, on the Internet and through social media is deeply troubling and has real life consequences. When there is a high-profile case such as that which we have seen, it crystallises everybody's attention on the issue. The Taoiseach has made a commitment to establish an office of a digital safety commissioner. That is to be welcomed and it is essential that it happen. I remind him that Sinn Féin moved a Bill on this matter which passed Second Stage and which went to committee in early 2018. Therefore, there is a legislative basis to move on. I do not think the Government or anybody else should be precious about who initiates legislation to make the changes that we know need to happen. I ask the Taoiseach to consider the Bill to which I refer as an avenue to move forward and get something on the Statute Book expeditiously.

I am informed that legislation is awaiting detailed scrutiny by the relevant committee. It is actually in the hands of the sponsor, rather than the Government, at this stage. I am sure there is some good work there and I imagine the Minister, Deputy Bruton, will want to draw on that in developing the Government's legislation, in respect of which, as stated earlier, there is now a timeline.