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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Quill and Deputy Griffin. I call Deputy Cannon.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: That is fine. I call Senator Carrigy.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Senator Carrigy and Ms Quill. I will now invite Senator Warfield to speak. The floor is his, or I should say the screen is his.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Shanley and Deputy O'Sullivan. I made notes on some of the information that Ms Quill has given today. Will she expand further on the point about defamatory material not being included?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Part 4, which relates to online safety and harmful content online, makes this legislation among the most important this Dáil will ever pass. We all know how vulnerable young children and people are on online platforms. Up to this point, there has been no policing of that as such. This committee will be very proud of the fact we will have done something very important for our own...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: It seems that Ms Quill's feed has frozen. If it is okay with members, Deputy Mythen has had his hand up for quite some time. I will invite him to speak and ask Mr. Shanley, who is still with us, to respond.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Are any other members offering or have we come to a natural conclusion? I think we may have. It is nice to see Ms Quill back. Mr. Shanley took over eloquently. I believe Senator Warfield wants to come back in.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Quill and Senator Warfield. Given that no other members are offering, I sincerely thank Ms Quill and Mr. Shanley for their very insightful presentation and the scrutiny with which she assisted us in delving into the commission. Their help with that is deeply appreciated by me and the committee members. I thank members for joining us remotely. I know some had to travel a very...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Martin. I believe the Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Chambers, will join us shortly. We have to approve the draft minutes of our last public and private committee meetings of 13 April. Is that agreed? Agreed. No matters arise. Is that...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise for interrupting but I ask the Minister to conclude her statement. I know she has much more to say but we have run out of time. We are tight on time and I want to ensure that every member gets the opportunity to make a contribution. If the Minister rounds off her statement, we can move to the Minister of State.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I ask the Minister of State to wrap up. I know he has much more to say but, unfortunately, we have run out of time and we want to give our members a chance.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I ask members be mindful of that in terms of their line of questions. We have the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, for one more hour. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their comprehensive statements. Members have five minutes each for questioning and answers in their own way, whatever way they want that to be.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister and Minister of State have now one minute between them to answer all of that. I do not know how they will do it. I call the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, first, as there was one question for her.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I am sorry. I will have to ask the Minister of State to wrap it up.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister of State is getting the short straw here all the time but that is it. Moving on, I call Senator Carrigy.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The Minister has approximately two minutes.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister of State. I must ask him to conclude.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: We will let the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, go first because I think a significant-----

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Minister, I think you are muted again, unfortunately. We want to hear you.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy is out of time.