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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Data (15 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents of vandalism on the DART that have resulted in disruptions to services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42211/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (15 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents of vandalism on Dublin Bus that have resulted in disruptions to services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (15 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents of vandalism on the Luas that have resulted in disruptions to services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42212/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: This is the fourth budget this Dáil will pass, which is a fairly remarkable achievement when one considers the Government has only 57 seats in Dáil Éireann. I was party to the confidence and supply talks that took place in Trinity College three and a half years ago. The Tánaiste was at the other side of the table. I have to say that if somebody had suggested then that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman and I thank everyone for coming in this morning. So the witnesses are aware of the function of the committee, we are all Members of the Oireachtas considering whether there needs to be greater regulation. When we talk about regulation what we mean is the extent to which social media companies should be liable under law for harmful information they store and which they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Can I take from her answer that Ms Rush accepts regulation should increase from what it is at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Ms White the same question. Does Twitter accept there should be further regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: To summarise, Twitter favours regulation but it wants to be consulted in respect of the changes, which is a reasonable request.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is Google in favour of increased regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Google engages in multijurisdictional business. Its businesses operate in various countries irrespective of boundaries. This can create difficulties for the company when it comes to the application of laws. Is it in agreement with the president-elect of the European Commission, who has indicated she wants to introduce a digital services Bill that would apply throughout the European Union...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: We are looking, in part, at harmful publications and communications. It is a very vague term. As I said last week, people should be allowed to be critical of politicians. That could be categorised as harmful and is not what we are talking about here. An example which we will all agree is harmful, illegal and should not be facilitated is child pornography, an issue raised by Ms Niculescu....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am sorry to interrupt. Mr. Ó Broin gave a figure in his opening statement, that in the first three months of this year, Facebook removed 5.4 million items of child sexual abuse. Does Google have any figures that it can give?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do Ms White and Mr. Costello think that social media companies should have any specific liability or penalties imposed on them for the unknowing facilitation of child pornography?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: We all agree that we want to ensure that there is no child pornography on the Internet. We had a witness here last week, Mr. Joe McCarthy from UCD. He suggested that before a person is able to open an account with Facebook, Google or Twitter, he or she would have to provide details about his or her identity. If such a rule were in place, would that not have a significant deterrent effect on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: How does Facebook check that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to let my colleagues in and so will finish here. If it were the case that there was criminal liability or penal sanction such as a fine for social media companies that happened to facilitate, unwittingly or otherwise, the publication of child sexual abuse material, would that not have a deterrent effect in reducing it and changing the companies' actions?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (8 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis upon which a person (details supplied) was granted temporary release from prison in circumstances in which the person had only served six years of a life sentence for murder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40647/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána working group has published its national strategy to deal with assaults against the person; if not, when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the establishment of a statutory cross-Border multidisciplinary agency to tackle crime in the Border regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39986/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Operations (3 Oct 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The recent savage attack on Mr. Kevin Lunney shocked everyone in the country. Unfortunately, it did not come as a complete surprise to the people of the Border region because the company for which the man works, including its executives, has been subjected to a campaign of violence and harassment for years. I regret to say that in the Border region, it seems a certain degree of lawlessness...