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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I do not propose to accept this amendment but I accept that there is an issue with young children accessing online services that were not designed with them in mind. It is an issue that I am aware of, both as a parent of and as the chair of the National Advisory Council for Online Safety. It is a complex issue that it is being worked on at EU level. Finding workable solutions in this area...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: There is no intention to do that in this Bill.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I agree with the Deputy that it is an important issue, but it is highly complex. The important thing is to get this framework in place and getting the commission set up. I will be asking it to look at priorities in conjunction with the cross-cutting of the Data Protection Commission. Getting the framework in place is the important bit. I agree with the Deputy that it is a very important issue.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 103: In page 81, line 28, after "services" to insert "the provider of which is". These are technical amendments to refer to the provider of video-sharing platform services in section 139G, as inserted by the Bill, rather than simply the service itself. It is being done on the advice of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 104: In page 81, line 32, after "service" to insert "the provider of which is".

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 105: In page 81, line 34, after "service" where it secondly occurs to insert "the provider of which is".

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy for the amendment. Policy regarding employment rights is primarily the responsibility of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and is more appropriately dealt with in employment legislation. The amendment is also straying into matters which may be more appropriate to the functions of the Workplace Relations Commission. In...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I go back to the role of an coimisiún. It is an independent regulatory body to enforce new and updated regulatory frameworks for content regulation. There would not be a role there to put in a code on workers' rights. We are tackling it through the codes that will be there relating to prohibiting damaging content being available. That is what this is about. Moving responsibility...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: The protection of workers is still an employment issue and it is not the core function of coimisiún na meán.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: The amendment has two purposes. First, it seeks to ensure the measures taken under online safety codes create equal level protections for users of Irish and English language user-generated content available on designated online subject to online safety codes. Second, it seeks to ensure that Irish language content cannot be removed or prevented from appearing on a designated online service...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I did not say that.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: What I said was that the online safety codes will give effect to provisions of EU law in many cases, particularly in the implementation of the EU's audiovisual media services directive. In that case, it would be inappropriate to single out only two of the official languages of the EU when there are many languages in the Union.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 108: In page 86, line 34, to delete “section 139X” and substitute “section 139ZF”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: The amendment seeks to prevent current and former political officeholders from being appointed as auditors regarding a designated online platform's compliance with online safety codes or their complaints handling systems. I am not accepting the amendment as, in particular, I am not sure what is the value in preventing a former political officeholder, especially a member of a local authority,...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 111: In page 88, line 36, to delete “and”. These amendments insert into the Bill provisions requiring that coimisiún na meán must give reasonable notice of an audit to a provider of a designated online service. The purpose of these amendments is to ensure legal clarity around the operation of these provisions and to ensure audits are not...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: It is just saying that reasonable notice of an audit must be given. It is up to the commission and it depends on how complex the audit will be and how much preparation is needed. It will differ. It is making sure reasonable notice is given to ensure these audits are not delayed or challenged.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 112: In page 88, to delete line 37 and substitute the following: “(d) specify the co-operation that may be requested by the person appointed, and”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 113: In page 88, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(e) require the provider to provide that co-operation, subject to reasonable notice being given by the person appointed.”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 114: In page 89, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “and shall give the provider an opportunity to make representations in writing to the Commission on the report within such period as the Commission specifies.” This amendment would require an coimisiún to provide an opportunity for designated online platforms to make submissions...