Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner

Dr. John Evans:

This falls more naturally into the area of the online safety commissioner, Niamh Hodnett. I have been with the commission since the end of July and Ms Hodnett has been in position since March. Right from the beginning, Ms Hodnett was watching out to see who was doing best practice here and brought Coimisiún na Meán into the global online safety network. One of the founding agencies of this network was the Australian e-commissioner. We have actually had their e-commissioner, Ms Julie Inman Grant, over to visit the offices. There is quite an amount we can learn here from the Australian experience.