Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Truth and Democracy: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Naoise Ó CearúilNaoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I am sorry to cut across Mr. O'Leary. I am just conscious of time. The damage was already done. I am not blaming An Coimisiún Toghcháin or anything like that. It took action as quickly as possible and used the channels it had to act. Does Mr. O'Leary think that, if An Coimisiún Toghcháin had additional regulatory powers, it would be able to get ahead of videos like this - I appreciate that it is impossible to get ahead of a lot of videos like this - and take more immediate action and have sanctions on the likes of Meta, X and different social media platforms in particular where these are being shared?