Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is important to note that online and offline political advertising includes advertising by people who wish to change politics, referendums or the Constitution. It is not just political party advertising. All such advertising needs to be regulated online, as is the case offline. The Government has agreed to bring forward legislation in the first half of next year to provide for such regulation. It will go further than the regulations governing print media in terms of the amount of money being spent, whether it is targeted and so on. The proposals are contained in the latest report published by the Government's interdepartmental group, which is examining this issue. We have committed to legislate for political advertising online in the first half of next year.

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