60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to ensure that social media artificial intelligence tools cannot be used by sexual predators to generate naked images of people, including child abuse imagery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3863/26]
Topics / Online Safety
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOnline Safety
100 questions from 42 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 7 October 2026.
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| August 2026 | 0 |
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181. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has carried out any research on a social media ban for children, either in Ireland or internationally; and if she will share such findings. [13266/26]
295. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the Government plans to introduce legislative measures to increase transparency and auditability of recommendation algorithms used by major online platforms operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13842/26]
194. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views and plans to enforce age verification obligations on online service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13108/26]
195. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on tackling the use of recommender algorithms to protect children from harmful content on various online service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/26]
727. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on whether a measure in the UK is feasible in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12085/26]
728. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on whether a measure in France is feasible in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12086/26]
729. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on social media age verification measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12087/26]
745. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the types of online platforms and services that will be subject to the proposed age verification mechanism being developed using Ireland's digital wallet. [12602/26]
183. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being adopted to not just protect, but to include education for young people on online safety and dangers of AI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10990/26]
624. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the Government plans to introduce legislative measures to increase transparency and auditability of recommendation algorithms used by major online platforms operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/26]
378. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is considering adopting similar restrictions to those in Australia, for the use of social media by those under 16 years-of-age; if his Department is carrying out any research in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5236/26]
386. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 14 December 2025, the progress to date in implementing measures to reduce the access of children under the age of 16 years to social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5385/26]
387. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 9 December 2025, in view of the prevalence of the internet, digital communications and social media in society, the progress to date in implementing measures to foster a more secure digital environment; if legislative measures are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [538…
138. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to assess the success of the implementation of a ban on social media for under 16s in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4712/26]
139. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on whether a ban on the use of social media for under 16s could be implemented in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4713/26]
140. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to what extent a proposed ban on the use of social media by under 16s has been assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4714/26]
141. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any work ongoing within his Department that seeks to improve the level of protection for children online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4716/26]
263. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the report published by the Online Health Taskforce in December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4709/26]
264. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the report published by the Online Health Taskforce in December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4710/26]
265. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of any recommendations related to protecting children online as part of the report published by the Online Health Taskforce in December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4711/26]
149. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to detail the Department’s engagement with Coimisiún na Meán regarding regulatory enforcement in respect of digital platforms that do not adequately address harmful or misleading content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4055/26]
150. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there are plans to sanction a social media platform (details supplied) following the AI production of sexualised images of children; if he will use the regulator to reign them in, and examine every means possible, including geo-blocking; if he will, as a matter of urgency, work for an outright ban on so-called 'nudificatio…
151. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status and proposed timeline for the introduction of the pilot age verification tool in the context of online safety; the scope and intended operation of the tool, including the platforms to which it will apply; whether his Department plans to accompany its rollout with structured education and awareness programmes on online…
156. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any proposals to provide for additional regulations, policies and protections to increase safeguarding of children/young adults online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3343/26]