Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
MeDeMAP Research Project: Engagement with the National Citizens' Parliament for Media and Democracy
2:00 am
Ms Moya Ní Cheallaigh:
We asked Calum Fabb from Coimisiún na Meán to come in to talk to us about social media because we considered it an area on which there really needs to be concentration. There was some controversy over whether people should be identifiable but we felt the social media platforms, if they had users' identify, could allow for anonymity in support groups and things like that. That was the issue on which there was least agreement. Ten people were in favour, four abstained and four were against. On most of the other recommendations, we had almost everybody voting for them, with perhaps one abstention or one person against. This issue is definitely the controversial one but we felt it definitely needed attention for the greater good.
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