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Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Everybody is welcome. I thank the Minister for taking the time to attend. I appreciate that she is very busy at the moment so she is very good to come here. As long ago as 2010, the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Use published an article that said smartphone use and social media platforms - platforms, apps and games - were designed to be addictive, which is what is addressed in this...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: ...number of staff it has and their quality and calibre. We as legislators have a responsibility. This is also about informing ourselves much more about what is happening with technology and artificial intelligence. I am long on the record as looking for a special committee, whether of this House or a joint committee, to examine the impact of AI on society, including on mobile devices....

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to protect the well-being of our youth in the digital age. The concerns raised in this motion are very similar to the findings in the recent report I did. As you know, Acting Chair, I have been a long-standing member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I brought forward a report to the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. I was rapporteur...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Thank you, Senator O'Reilly. I acknowledge the fact that you are a long-standing, distinguished member of the Council of Europe and a former leader of the Irish delegation. I know you are highly regarded on that particular body because I have met colleagues from many countries who refer to you when they hear that I am from Ireland. They ask me if I know Senator Joe O'Reilly and I am very...