Communications company Eir is to include a leaflet on the dangers of cyber-bullying with new mobile phones purchased.
The company said the leaflet will be directed at young people and their parents and confirmed that it is aiming to have the leaflets ready for Safer Internet Day 2019 on 5 February.
A spokesperson said: "We are currently working on a programme in partnership with a number of key stakeholders, including Jackie Fox, to help inform parents and young people how to tackle cyber-bullying."
"The leaflet will be on cyber bullying specifically. Most operators, including ourselves provide information to advise parents how to keep their child safe online including how to use parental controls."
Tallaght woman Jackie Fox has called for more progress on legislation to punish and deter cyber bullies.
This week marks the first anniversary of the death of her daughter Nicole who died by suicide aged 21.
Speaking to RTÉ's This Week programme, Ms Fox said Nicole had been bullied both in person and online.
"It’s coming up to the 20th of January now. It’s just so difficult, I can't think right, can't function. I just miss her smile, her cheeky little comments, the everyday things that people take for granted."
A second parent, Sarah Butler, said her teenage son was bullied after he was invited to join a WhatsApp group.
"The WhatsApp group was aimed at him. The abuse that went on it was simply horrendous, names like gay, freak, autistic weirdo."
Her son has received counselling and is doing well.
Ms Fox has spent the past year telling Nicole's story and campaigning for up-to-date laws to tackle cyber bullying in Ireland.
She said she started giving radio interviews when she found that it was not an offence to tell people to take their own lives.
"We had a protest outside the Dáil in April and in May I did a presentation in the Dáil. That's when things started to change."
The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 is currently making its way through the Oireachtas.
The Labour Party bill is based on recommendations by the Law Reform Commission and aims to replace outdated laws that deal only with telephone and text communications.
The bill has passed its second stage with all party support.
Ms Fox says the new law needs to be enacted this year.
"It will depend on how severe the threats are or how persistent. But there will be a fine or imprisonment or both," she said.
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Mark Smyth, president-elect of the Psychological Society of Ireland, said trends in cyber bullying were replicating real-life bullying with young people deliberately ignoring and excluding one another.
"Terms being used by young people at the moment are "dodging". That's where people deliberately do not respond to messages, which causes anxiety in the other person. The other term is "ghosting" where you cease all communication abruptly on social media. Exclusion is a really subtle but very impactful type of bullying," he said.
However he warned against "inadvertently criminalising young people" in any new legislation.
"First of all we have to educate young people around what their behaviour is and the impact that has on others. They are going through a period of their life where they are not sure where things are going for them. If they have a criminal conviction for something they've said impulsively, I don't know how fair or effective that’s going to be."
Mr Smyth has called for a national campaign to educate parents about the dangers of cyber bullying.
"We have obesity campaigns and health campaigns. I think digital literacy and appropriate online behaviour should be one of those health campaigns.
"This is something the Government could do in providing a nationwide consistent support to parents," said Mr Smyth.
