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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which I have read. Common themes emerge, such as the lack of borders and harmful information spreading very quickly to very large audiences with no mechanisms to deal with it. There is a gap between legislation and the platforms as a result of how quickly they develop. There is a huge gap in legislation. I thank the Law Society for its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that; I read that. That refers to gardaí in training. What training is to be provided to gardaí in service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Has that been rolled out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: When will it be rolled out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I understand that the work of the Garda is very difficult, but why is that being delayed? It is essential.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Would it be fair to say that the bureau needs more resources to deal with this area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: As is more training. It is not just welcome, it is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is absolutely essential if we are serious about doing this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I had the privilege of listening to the Garda Commissioner talk about this, so I am aware of all that. It is worrying that we must wait until next year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: How many staff members does the bureau have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It has 32 staff members. How many staff are required to do the job effectively?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What provisions are made for training gardaí for this difficult work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Ryan have statistics relating to cybercrime about the gender of the perpetrators and victims?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Ryan have access to the numbers? Could we have access to them to understand this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I think everybody would agree with Mr. Ryan, not just about cybercrime but all crime. It is especially low when it comes to sexual violence. I would have thought we learned from that. We have spent a long time in the Dáil trying to get a second SAVI report to establish the prevalence of sexual violence. We are all fighting and speaking from the same book. What has An Garda...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Perhaps Mr. Gubbins could come back to me with that. I appreciate that. Have service providers, which will be coming before us in the next two weeks, provided the Garda with any breakdown of the types of problems they encounter in the Garda's co-operation with them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I try to avoid social media as much as I can, so in that sense I am no expert. A separate problem to the one we are talking about today is the shocking amount of time young people spend online. I think it is ironic that the companies making a fortune seek to provide an education space for their own children that has none of those distractions. I am asking the witnesses not to be anecdotal...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I agree with Mr. Gubbins. There is no doubt about that. We all have parental responsibility. We are meeting the companies in the next two weeks. This meeting is to assist us in establishing the problems, their extent and how we strike a balance when writing up our report. Statistics are vital in that regard. Moving away from statistics for a moment, I have questions for Ms Counihan on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is right.