Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. As I said at the committee yesterday, I agree with everything that has been said on this issue. We need to work in a spirit of co-operation. There is much we can do by working together on it. There is a great deal of material available, and I pointed out yesterday that a tremendous amount of work has been done by the Department of Education and Skills. We could use that material, and much is being done by the technology companies also.

The issues that were raised are not to do with the big technology companies; it is to do with the smaller apps that are being developed. We know that regarding terrorism and such issues there is a sharing of information and the skills set and tools with new app developers. That needs to happen on a far broader scale than is currently happening. Let us all redouble our efforts to do that.

I flagged the issues regarding this legislation. I am happy for Deputy Ó Laoghaire to come back and engage with us to see how we can overcome some of those challenges.

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