Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 May 2021

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht

General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Fiona Jennings:

I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick. I suppose, first of all, I would suggest that he take a little pit stop at our new digital hub which was specifically created for parents, grandparents and carers. I will send the Deputy the link directly afterwards. Mr. Church might talk a little more about that.

To complement something that Ms Ahern was saying around the individual complaints mechanism, it is important to remember that the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, AVMSD, contains special provisions for the protection of minors and it is important that that is reflected and provided for in the online safety and media regulation, OSMR, exactly as Ms Ahern has outlined. I am sure it will come up again throughout this particular session.

For the hub, I will pass it on to Mr. Church for a moment.