Mr. Dualta Ó Broin:

On a broader point, we expect the regulator to come in and require us to prove what steps and measures we are taking to combat the abuse the Deputy is talking about. We recognise that for elected representatives this is particularly challenging. We hold training sessions on an ongoing basis. There is actually one on Friday for all elected representatives and their staff in Leinster House.

As for the tools, Deputy Dillon mentioned blocking. I know he is talking about unverified accounts, but we have blocking tools in place for particular comments, particular words and so on, so we are not walking away from this. We expect ongoing and tough conversations with the regulator about this but we think that at the moment we have the right balance, in that when the account is set up ID is not required but if there is any suspicion of inauthenticity, from either a user report or our systems in the background, a flag is raised regarding inauthentic behaviour. We think that is the right balance.