Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-26
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Catherine Martin (GP), Dublin Rathdown

To clarify, the purpose of the Bill is not to implement the DSA regulation in Irish law but, among other things, to create a regulatory framework for online safety and to establish a regulator to enforce that framework. The Government has decided, as I said, that coimisiún na meán will be the digital services co-ordinator under the DSA and that further legislation will be brought forward to provide for that and build upon the regulatory framework for online safety in that respect. My officials are part of a working group with officials from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which meets weekly on the DSA. This is happening.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-26