Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This will be specifically dealt with in the online safety and media regulation Bill that the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, is bringing forward. The onus is there when something is illegal and is brought to the attention of the authorities. My understanding is that even without a code of conduct, the social media platforms ask their members to adhere to rules and that something like this should be in contravention of those. It is about making it a criminal offence on our side to strengthen it and also making sure that the online safety commissioner that is being proposed as part of the other legislation would then have an oversight on where the companies are not adhering to their codes of conduct or to the elements around illegal content. There are a number of pieces that have to come together but what we have in this Bill will support the other work by the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin.