Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion

Mr. Barry Ryan:

The real issue here, and where it brings it into the e-commerce directive, is the fact that we were regulating paid-for political advertising online. This was a very specific provision relating to advertising that was paid for and so that is the commercial element.