Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Committee on European Union Affairs

Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán

2:00 am

Photo of Barry WardBarry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I want to talk about the downloading of apps. We all download apps for all kinds of purpose. When we do, we are often asked to sign up to terms and conditions. I am a lawyer - a senior counsel - and I have been at it for a long time. I do not read the terms and conditions; they are muck to me. I do not understand them and certainly do not have several hours to sit down, go through them and parse what each term and condition might mean. Is there any realisation of that within the commission? Will it do anything to require app providers to put up writ large at the start the specific implications that might be of concern to users?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.