Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Can I say something on that point? This is a communications committee. The Members of the Oireachtas have been asked on several occasions to minimise the amount of paper we use. Deputy Seán Kenny and I have brought our laptops to recent meetings of the committee with a view to trying to reduce the use of paper. We have been told we cannot use technology that has been given to us by the Oireachtas in committee rooms. It should be the aim of the communications committee to reduce the amount of paper it uses. I cannot access documentation from the Office for Internet Safety because I have been asked to turn off my computer. This is a bit of a farce. We are being told to turn off a facility that has been provided by the Oireachtas.