Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 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. Peter McCarthy:

I might comment on the question of the protection of children. That is something that we are quite passionate about in Virgin Media. As a business, we have sought over the last number of years to get behind it. In particular, we have parental controls on our set top boxes and devices. Also, we have partnered with the National Parents Council, NPC, over the last number of years on free Internet safety training. Education is the big piece for the protection of children across online services. I think it should get a lot of focus. We totally agree with Deputy Mythen's point. Education is the key point on how to do this, as well as to get in early. We should all be a part of it. Virgin Media has been driving it for the last number of years.

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