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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 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: We are dealing with detailed scrutiny of the Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017, a Private Members' Bill sponsored by Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire very much for his comments. We look forward to engaging with him over the coming weeks and months on what is an important Bill. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Before I bring in members, I thank the Minister for his response. I know the issue was raised with regard to other jurisdictions. This committee will visit Strasbourg to meet the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society. That is a very important strand of this. The best law could be put in place here but if online content that needs to be moderated originates in another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I call on Deputy Ó Laoghaire to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: As well as working on national issues, it would be remiss of this committee not to work and push this agenda at a European level. We need to examine what we should do in Ireland and we could lead in that space but we cannot ignore the need to work at a pan-European level. Given how long it takes to move things along in politics generally, we must not ignore our European neighbours in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: We have meetings scheduled over the next few months. Our next meeting, on 6 November, will be with representatives of social media platforms, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, ISPCC, the Department and Cybersafe Ireland. We will have to see how we go and try to work as effectively and robustly as possible on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Please allow the Minister to finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I ask Deputy Stanley to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Does Deputy Ó Laoghaire want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire for attending today with his Bill, as well as the Minister, Ms Quill and Mr. Ó Broin. It has been a worthwhile engagement and we look forward to interacting with them over the weeks and months ahead. All the opening statements will be published on the committee website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (23 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of paternity benefit since it was introduced on 1 September 2016, by county, in tabular form. [43181/18]