I propose that the petitions considered by the committee will be published. There are four petitions and at the end of our discussions, we will publish them. Is that agreed? Agreed. The petitions have been sent to members. The first is a proposal to remove the designation of South Africa as a safe country and we have had some correspondence on that. The proposal, which members can discuss if they wish, is that we would publish the response from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and forward that response to the petitioner within two weeks. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next one concerns stopping payment processors from pressuring companies to remove content. This is an issue that we may get a chance to examine in more detail later but the proposal for the moment is that the response from the Department of Finance to our correspondence be published and forwarded to the petitioner within the next fortnight. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next petition relates to the repeal of the online safety code. This is an issue on which we, as public representatives, have significant correspondence. As I understand it, they are a little further down the road on this in the British jurisdiction than we are here. The secretariat has written to Coimisiún na Meán seeking a response. The proposal is that we would publish the response from Coimisiún na Meán and forward that to the petitioner. I ask members to pay attention to that and examine it because we may be in a position to hold a hearing on it at a future date. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The last petition relates to the repeal of the new online safety regulations. Obviously, we are all aware that those regulations were the subject of some considerable discussion. It might be that members want to have a broader discussion on this but for the moment, the proposal is that we would publish the response from Coimisiún na Meán to our correspondence and forward that correspondence to the petitioner within two weeks. Is that agreed? Agreed.

It might be that members want to have a broader discussion on this but for the moment, the proposal is that we would publish the response to our correspondence from Coimisiún na Meán and also forward that correspondence to the petitioner within two weeks. Is that agreed? Agreed.

On those last two petitions, I would certainly do as the Cathaoirleach suggests in going back to revisit them. This is going to be a major issue worldwide.

Yes. It is a global issue. Although we are a small but perfectly formed committee in a global universe, there is no reason for us not to have a discussion on the matter and make our views known.

The final item on our agenda is áon ghnó eile, any other business. An bhfuil áon ghnó eile agat? Níl. If members have no other issues they wish to raise, that concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or an issue of public policy.