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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: To clarify, Facebook never sanctioned use of the video of the child being abused as an example of material it would retain but mark as disturbing and put beyond the reach of someone under the notional age of 18 years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: For the purposes of clarity, Facebook is not categorically denying that it was aware of the material.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will simplify because this is important. Can Ms Sweeney categorically say - and she does not have to - whether it is possible that somebody in Facebook was aware that this video of the child being abused by its stepfather was being used as part of an overall training programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will be honest with Ms Sweeney; I am none the wiser. What I am trying to understand is how material like that gets used to assist in training moderators. It was very clear to me when I looked at it again that this was an example of material that Facebook would not delete even if it was requested to delete it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: -----and that so long as it was put beyond the wall and that it was indicated that it was disturbing material, anyone over 18 years of age could look at it and share it all around the place. I have concerns based on what Ms Sweeney had told me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Ms Cummiskey and Ms Sweeney are not prepared to say that nobody in Facebook was aware that it was being used by CPL however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Just for completeness, when the investigation Facebook has under way is completed perhaps it will provide the material to this committee, insofar as it can. Would the witnesses make a commitment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Facebook would not throw away such valuable information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I have a number of final points to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will be brief. Ms Sweeney referred to the possibility of appointing a digital safety commissioner but I get the sense there is some reticence. There are parallels in that reticence with the language of the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach has made his interest in Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook known. He has shown great excitement about both. On the most recent occasion on which I saw the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I forgot to state that the digital age of consent is 16. Ms Sweeney and Ms Cummiskey have mentioned the age of 13. Does Facebook intend to change its parameters and policy to take account of the changes envisaged on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Can Facebook develop systems to improve its-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Moderation of Violent and Harmful Content on the Facebook Platform: Discussion (1 Aug 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I am in trouble so.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I am delighted to see this Bill reach fruition today. I thought it would right from the very outset because of the commitment of Deputy Pringle. He is owed a great debt of gratitude for the way he introduced this Bill and worked so hard on Committee Stage and with the Department to try to reach a conclusion that works. That is most important and my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, has...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: There has been a dramatic increase in rents as well.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive confirmation of a transfer date for dialysis treatment from Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway to University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31658/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (12 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of houses that are in receipt of an intensive home care package in tabular form. [31861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (12 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance in tabular form. [31913/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I second that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Timmy Dooley: To be helpful, I suggest that the list of dates be circulated. We could then have a brief meeting tomorrow. It is just that a great deal of information has been imparted and we need to look at our diaries.