Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-04-28
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I appreciate that the statement may be laid before the Houses. Perhaps what Senator Carrigy said that rather than the laying of a statement in front of the committee, simply a notification to the Chair of the committee that such a statement has been laid, might suffice. I will not press the amendment at this point. However, as the Minister said, there is quite a seriousness and a gravity in this. For example, if some of the grounds were significant in matters the committee might be considering or if a pattern were to emerge, it would be appropriate that its attention would be directed to that. Again, I will withdraw the amendment for now. The more moderate proposal of just a notification of laying of the notice before the Houses to the Chair of the relevant committee might be something we could consider on Report Stage.

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Sitting date: 2022-04-28