Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I was speaking to a councillor from Tipperary yesterday whose colleague has come off social media completely because he has been so harassed and harangued on social media. We have all experienced it. Unfortunately, it is just a regrettable part of the job now. There is a wider discussion to be had about how we have chosen to interact as a society, in particular online, and what has become normalised to a great extent. We often see it from politicians as well. I do not know where it will end but Senator Ned O'Sullivan's points about local elections are very well made. It is a difficult career at the best of times and it needs to be in some way attractive to get good candidates to remain in the job. That concludes the response to the Order of Business.