Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the question of online political advertising, it only covers the period of the election. We do not in any way regulate spending outside of election periods but equally we regulate heavily political advertising on other broadcasting media such as radio and television. Does Ms Carolan believe we should deal with the regulation of political advertising in separate legislation that deals with it more comprehensively or does she think we should take these steps with a view to working much more widely? I agree with almost everything she said about it and I agree there are significant conflicts with how we regulate other media.