Broadcasting Sector
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-24
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Imelda Munster (SF), Louth

Yesterday, we had Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, at the media committee. She was very clear about the responsibility of Ireland in terms of regulating social media effectively and having a regulator with real teeth. She stressed time and time again the need to ensure sufficient resources are available to address these issues because it is a completely new regulatory environment in terms of the tech giants, where we are starting pretty much at zero. Will the Minister expand on the funding situation? What level of funding does she expect to come from the content levy, what level of funding will come from the Government and what sort of increase does she expect in regard to staff numbers?

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Sitting date: 2022-02-24