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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 and the Senator. There is nobody after me so I might take this opportunity to put two issues to the Minister. I did not see Deputy Munster's hand but I will bring her back in again. I have an observation and a question. I will not comment on this matter any further because it has come up a lot and the Minister will have received this message from this committee loud...

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: No.

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: It is more of an information point for the Minister. Fáilte Ireland told the Restaurants Association of Ireland that it does not have a remit. The question is who is in charge of food for tourists. The Minister might revert to the committee in writing following this meeting. I call Deputy Munster.

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: That brings us to the natural conclusion of our debate. I thank the Minister and Minister of State most sincerely for their comprehensive presentations and insightful thoughts and ideas, as well as their willingness to soak up suggestions from this committee and our members. We appreciate that. Anything we have brought up is reflective of what we have heard at previous committee meetings....

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2021)

Niamh Smyth: We have one item of committee business to address before I call our witnesses to present. Can I take it the draft minutes of our last public and private committee meetings of Tuesday, 30 March are formally agreed and that there are no matters arising? Is that agreed? Agreed.

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 welcome Mr. Shanley and Ms Quill who are joining us for the meeting. We look forward to hearing from them. The meeting has been convened with the officials from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to commence-----

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: Bear with us a second. We are having a technical issue which we hope to overcome very soon.

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: We are delighted to have the officials from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with us to commence the committee's pre-legislative scrutiny of the online safety and media regulation Bill. It is a hugely important piece of work we are endeavouring to do, perhaps one of the most important of this Dáil term. I thank the officials from the broadcasting...

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: Does Mr. Shanley want to make a contribution at this point?

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: We will begin with Deputy Griffin, if he is on the call. He is not. We move on to Deputy Munster.

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 ask Ms Quill to draw her contribution to a close. I am sure we will cover everything and there will be an opportunity at the end to bring in as much as possible in the wrap-up. I have to move on to ensure all members get their opportunity. I call Senator Malcolm Byrne.

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: The Senator asked a long list of important questions and the officials have only one minute to answer. I will allow a little latitude, as I did with previous speakers.

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...