Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

An area of particular interest to members is political advertising, including online. We are establishing an electoral commission and this will be crucial. The BAI has extensive experience of regulating political activity in the traditional broadcast media. What is its vision for that? For instance, I cannot take out a radio advertisement on my local radio station, yet I can flood social media with similar advertising. What is the balance to be struck on that? How does the BAI envisage working with the electoral commission?