Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The points that have just been raised by Deputy Munster and the Chair go to the heart of what we have been doing in recent months. If there is no correlation with the timelines, I propose that we might as well stop today and quit because it makes a mockery of what we have doing in terms of the breadth and depth of what has been teased out over recent months. I refer to the impact of the testimony we have garnered from the social media and tech giants, and from the children's rapporteurs who have touched on deficiencies and the need to address areas such as the definitions of online harm, online content, financial content and financial harm. There is another aspect to this as well. Is there a timeline for the publication of the report of the Future of Media Commission report, representatives of which we have just had on the line? We will need to reflect on the content of that report and the recommendations in it. We need synergy between our prelegislative scrutiny, the work of the Department and the work of the Future of Media Commission. Getting that clarified is a huge part of what needs to be done.