The digital wallet system will include a version of a person’s birth certificate, driving licence and other official documents. Photograph: Getty ImagesTensions are brewing within the Government over the slow pace of progress on plans to set age limits for social media access. However, Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan’s department wants the same wallet to be used to set age limits for social network access as part of the Coalition’s commitment to online child safety. Late last year O’Donovan and Tánaiste Simon Harris began discussing its potential to set robust online age limits as more countries started to consider limiting children’s access to social media. Despite the issue being discussed at Cabinet meetings at least three times over the last nine months, there have been no proposals brought forward to legislate for social media age limits.

Source: The Irish Times April 03, 2026 09:31 UTC