Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have addressed the intention of amendment No. 98 as regards commercial communications in respect of food through amendment No. 105, which will be discussed later.

As regards the references to gambling, alcohol and weapons, I note that the gambling regulation Bill will regulate the advertisement of gambling, that alcohol advertising is regulated under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act, and that the Bill as published already provides for an coimisiún to create online safety codes to ensure "that service providers take any measures in relation to commercial communications on their services that are appropriate to protect the interests of users of their services, and in particular the interests of children". I do not propose to accept the amendment.

Regarding amendment No. 112, I note once again the Bill as initiated provides broad authority to an coimisiún to regulate commercial communications through online safety codes. Accordingly, I do not propose to accept this amendment.