Over the summer, there was a fair bit of discussion in regard to online safety. Every time the issue comes up, the Department and the Government respond as if the idea of an online safety commissioner is a new one. The background is that it was recommended in a Law Reform Commission paper in 2016 and a Private Members' Bill that I proposed was passed a year and a half ago, although it is stuck in committee, not through the fault of the committee but due to the lack of a money message. The Minister keeps talking about his proposal but we have not seen it and he has not published the consultation documents. When are we going to see movement on this? When are we going to see the heads of a Bill? When is legislation going to come before the House? Is this going to be continually re-announced without any legislative progress? This is a massive issue and there is major concern about it but we are not seeing anything apart from talk from the Government.

The Deputy is inaccurate. First, a consultation document has been published, we have had detailed consultations and we have received many submissions on that legislation. We are now working to provide draft heads of legislation that will go to the Oireachtas committee in this session. The Deputy recognises there are tricky issues in defining what is harmful online content and we need to do that in a way that is robust. That is challenging from a drafting point of view.

What is the timescale?

We will produce draft heads in this session for the committee.