Motion Amendment

Motion TitleTackling the Impact of Online Harms on Young People (Revised Wording) - Amendment 2

Motion Amendment TextLeave out all after ‘cross-departmental working’ and insert: ‘..calls on the Minister of Education to support post-primary schools to develop appropriate and flexible policies that informs parents of both the risks and the potential educational value of smartphones; further calls for online safety to be embedded across the curriculum and teacher training, for increased provision of counselling services in schools, and for Relationships and Sex Education to be reformed to better address the drivers of online abuse; and calls on the Minister of Justice to ensure that funding for the PSNI’s child internet protection team is adequately prioritised as part of any increase in the police workforce.’

Amendment Number2

Motion Amendment CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office09/05/2025

Date of Plenary Debate13/05/2025