Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality
Safety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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That is 100%. The toxicity has got a lot worse. It was summed up earlier that we cannot trust social media companies. They need to be held to account through rules, regulations and big fines. Nothing else is going to make a difference to them. They make money by keeping a person online. They do not care how they do it.