Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Execution is not necessarily envisaged for the regulator. It is for those who have the powers of statute. The co-ordination and development of policy is something else. These matters can be considered further. The people who want to see changes are engaging with the social media platforms. None of that is to say that Government agencies and Departments would have no responsibility. It would be an issue of ensuring co-operation and communication between them.

If there is to be a regulator, it needs to have the ability to feed in to all those other bodies and people with responsibilities about what is happening, what changes are developing and how best to respond to them.