Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion
Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The role of the Chair is to protect the integrity of the committee. Specifically, when people are invited into the committee for the purpose of answering questions on a particular area, one concentrates and focuses on that area. Out of respect for other committees, we do not go into other areas that are outside our remit. That is why I would prefer if general questions in relation to information and misinformation were phrased by asking the commission about its role-----