Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality
Safety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I apologise for jumping in and out. I thank everyone for being here. It is a real privilege to have the witnesses share their experiences. We are very much the lucky ones to hear from them. Certainly, from our perspective, we fully intend to bring those with us on this journey of policy development. I wish to get a quick idea from everyone with a "Yes" or "No" answer, although it might not be as simple as a "Yes" or "No". We have seen in the past couple of days that Norway now intends to bring in a social media ban. It is rumoured in Ireland. What are the witnesses' thoughts? Is a social media ban for under 16s the right approach in Ireland?
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