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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire. Our next witnesses are from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I welcome Ms Patricia Cronin, assistant secretary, and Ms Triona Quill, principal officer. I invite Ms Cronin to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: There are two witnesses from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, ISPCC, Mr. John Church, chief executive officer, CEO, and Ms Fiona Jennings, policy co-ordinator. I invite Mr. Church to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Ms Niamh Sweeney is head of public policy at Facebook Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I call our final witnesses now: Mr. Ryan Meade, public policy and government relations manager at Google Ireland and Ms Rachel Madden, public policy analyst with Google based in San Francisco.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: The committee would welcome any further written submissions and detail. That goes for all witnesses as we progress through our discussions on the Bill. Any input in writing would be very welcome. I will start by asking a number of questions and then open questioning to members of the committee. Witnesses might want to note the questions. I note to the departmental witnesses that one of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does Ms Sweeney wish to contribute?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: The committee would welcome any update in that regard which Ms Sweeney could provide it in writing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: The committee will liaise with its Australian counterpart to see how the system is working there. It would also welcome the viewpoint of Facebook in that regard. I call Mr. Meade.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Would Ms Cooney like to respond to that same question on harmful communications?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Did Ms Cooney want to come in on something else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Ms Cooney. I am going to bring in other members. If the witnesses want to come in on any of the questions, then please just indicate to me and I will let them in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in Ms Cronin from the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Those questions are mainly for the Department. I might bring in Ms Cronin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does the Deputy want to come in on any of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does anyone else want to comment on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in Facebook and Google to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I call a representative of the social media platforms to address Senator Lombard's questions on advertising. Who would like to respond to those?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: That children-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does anyone else have anything to add before we conclude?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Ms Sweeney for that. I thank all the witnesses for coming before the committee today. It was a very good exchange. The committee will publish the opening statements and the submissions received to the Oireachtas website. If there is any further information that the witnesses want to pass on to the committee we would greatly welcome it, especially around those definitions of...