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

I thank Ms O'Sullivan and Professor Crowley. I thank Ms O'Sullivan for her bravery, honesty and determination in championing this issue, not only for herself but also for thousands of others right across the country and possibly the world in respect of the work we are doing here. Professor Crowley is right that it has been proved repeatedly that self-regulation is no regulation for these giant technology companies. Once we finish the pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill, we will then have a major responsibility to ensure that we are in a much better place and that people will be safer on the Internet and on social media. I again thank the witnesses for joining us. I also thank my colleagues for their questions and for being so timely in this regard. I appreciate their co-operation. We will now briefly suspend to allow the secretariat to make arrangements for our next session.