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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: No doubt she is aware, as a long-standing Member of the Oireachtas. There are regulations concerning the naming of individuals which I ask her to respect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: I am not asking the Senator, one way or the other, I am asking her to respect the regulations of the committee and of the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Sorry, Senator, I am going to ask you to stop now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Senator, you cannot make an allegation. I ask members not to engage with the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Sorry Senator, you are going to withdraw an allegation of political bias you made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: You have just accused somebody of political bias. I ask you to withdraw that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: And you withdraw her allegation of political bias.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: No. You made an allegation which effectively was to accuse someone of political bias. Do you withdraw that allegation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: No, I want you to withdraw that allegation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Mr. Barry Andrews MEP does not have an ability to defend himself here because he is not present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Mr. Barry Andrews is an MEP and has a public platform so he is capable of responding. However, we just have to note the fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Sorry, to be absolutely clear, Senator, I did not say that. Other members of the committee raised the veracity of the issue with you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: I wish to make it 100% clear on my own behalf that my role as Chair is only to enforce the rules and regulations governing how a committee conducts its business in compliance with the regulations laid down by the Houses of the Oireachtas. I am not taking any position on anybody's statements who are members of this committee. That is all I do as Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Senator. Mr. Godfrey, there are many questions for you and your colleagues. We will give you time to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: I will take the opportunity to pose some of my own questions. For me, it comes down to a number of areas. I have covered this with some of the other people we have had before the committee. Coimisiún na Meán's role, as Deputy Howlin alluded to earlier, involves almost a conflict between its declared role in the supervision and doing that in conjunction with the platforms and not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Does Coimisiún na Meán have any role in channels that are effectively on platforms - the equivalent of Sky or Virgin Media or anything like that? Mr. Godfrey is saying that the country of origin is the primary regulator for that but the content of those channels is being provided and redistributed through an Irish service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Howlin has indicated and then I will come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: If members want to come in and continue this conversation I will just ask Deputy Howlin to conclude the discussion and take over as Cathaoirleach, as I need to do something at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: Sorry. I understand that. I was referring to the guidelines.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (5 Mar 2024)

Colm Brophy: 247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is willing to expand the supports available through the local enterprise offices to social enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10047/24]