Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses. I apologise that I was in and out of the meeting and might have missed some questions which were asked already. Will the staff to be put in place for the DSA be sufficient? The Digital Markets Act proposes to establish a level playing field across the Single Market and globally regarding innovation and growth. Are businesses in Ireland ready for this? If jobs are displaced due to the advancement of artificial intelligence, AI, in the industry, it is important for us to upskill and re-educate any of those people who lose jobs. Are we ready for this?

Unfortunately, we have not yet received recommendations from the Future of Media Commission. We need to get assurances that the implementation of those will be copper-fastened by the national digital strategy as they cut across each other.

On the possibility of legislation being introduced, it was said that at EU level there are codes of conduct relating to disinformation. Is that sufficient or does Ireland need to introduce further legislation? Are there enough safeguards regarding disinformation? Over the past 18 months we have seen a lot of disinformation online.