Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Dualta Ó Broin:
We take our responsibility on this incredibly seriously. DCU's FUSE programme is available to all schools free of charge. It has been rolled out to 130 schools to date. One thing I was struck by last week was when of the student contributors stated that only 40% of students surveyed were aware that you could report material online. It is obviously on us to increase awareness of how to report content online. The FUSE programme is available to all schools. I think DCU reached out to the schools that were before the committee to offer the programme to them. All schools should get in touch with DCU. There is an idea of everyone working together, namely, us, taking our responsibility very seriously and showing what we can bring to the table, NGOs, as Dr. Bertram mentioned, and everyone else. That is how we can make real progress.
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