‘Far too easy’ for children to get smartphones, says Norma Foley 

Education Minister Norma Foley said a 'rigorous verification of age' process for young people purchasing phones and accessing apps is required.

A "rigorous verification of age" process for young people purchasing phones and accessing apps is required, Education Minister Norma Foley has said.

Ms Foley warned that it is "far too easy" for children to access phones and has stressed that social media companies need to fully enforce rules that require them to get the parental consent of any user under the age of 16.