Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I might ask Ms Woods and Mr. Ryan to come in on some of the questions, particularly the last one on projected timelines. Again, as a precursor, we await the committee’s report to examine the other submissions around the campaigning, particularly outside of electoral periods. The regulation of online political advertising during an election set out to do a specific piece of work. Again, it is part of a broader suite of measures that will come in with the support of other legislation and European initiatives.

I thank Senator Fitzpatrick for her positive comments. The activity of the commission will be ongoing. It will have that ongoing advocacy and research function. It will furnish reports consistently and will look at best practice internationally. That work will be ongoing outside of electoral events. We cannot stress enough that the significance of that. I ask Ms Woods to come in specifically on the two questions by Deputy Duffy and Senator Fitzpatrick on the register.