Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Regulation of Online Platforms and Supports to Improve Online Safety and Participation: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Niamh Hodnett:

We are about to enter into a co-operation agreement with the Australian safety commission. We are learning about what work it is doing to put in place a social media delay or ban from December of next year.

Age verification is a requirement under our code under the Digital Services Act. Platforms are obliged to apply their terms and conditions and we expect them to do so. Whether the age is 13 or 16, the platforms have to apply those terms and conditions.