John Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

As public representatives, we have a responsibility to explain the positions we take on different policy issues, particularly ones that are controversial or could do with further explanation in the public domain. There is a great opportunity open to us with regard to the facility that social media offers. It offers a huge number of positives for public representatives but I am afraid it also offers one or two negatives. I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate in the House on the influence of social media on political discourse. It would be an interesting debate and we would glean different insights into the benefits and drawbacks of such engagement.