Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 June 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)

Photo of Niamh SmythNiamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I can see that Dr. Campbell is indicating, but we have only five minutes left. I have some final questions. I will not talk too much. I want to give the final word to the witnesses. I thank them for their powerful and passionate presentations. They have been most enlightening and insightful for me and for my colleagues. I have two questions for each of our witnesses. They might answer them as succinctly as possible. They have raised issues of concern and challenges relating to how our young people are exposed in various ways. Issues have been raised by Epilepsy Ireland. We have heard about junk food advertising and so on. Have our witnesses tried to engage with Facebook Ireland, Twitter or TikTok on these issues? If so, how have these companies responded to their concerns? I am looking for succinct responses. Have the witnesses tried to engage the social media companies? Have the companies engaged with them? What has the response been? I ask Ms Walsh from the Irish Heart Foundation to tell us whether there has been any such engagement.

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