Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I thank Mr. Joyce. I must cut myself short now in order to be fair to everybody else. I apologise to Ms Lane. I wanted to ask her about the fact that female politicians seem to get much more online abuse than their male counterparts and to hear her views on the cowardly pile-ons from far right and racist groups that we often see on Twitter. It is incumbent on every politician and everyone in society to stand up and call that out when they see it happening. We must not be afraid and must be united against that type of vile behaviour online.
Senator Fitzpatrick is next.
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