Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Committee on European Union Affairs

Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán

2:00 am

Dr. John Evans:

There is quite a lot going on in the pornography space in terms of regulation at the moment, but some of it is just gathering momentum. We have only had our online safety code since this summer. The European Commission announced the opening of the investigation into the four biggest porn providers in Europe. As those investigations are worked through, we will be able to benefit from the precedents they set, and that will have a demonstration effect on other areas. Allied to those actions, Mr. Moroney explained the co-ordinated action for below-threshold porn sites that the different DSCs in the different members states are pursuing. In Ireland, for example, we have five names. The Senator would not recognise them because they are below threshold.

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