Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Smyth (Minister of State), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Intent: To share our concerns about gaps in the EU's AI regulation and Ireland's transposition of the AI Act, with a request to have chatbots categorised as high risk for children and for the use by children of nudification apps to be prohibited
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Follow up email discussing same matters, proposing national legislation on minors' access to adult content and referring to Minister O Callaghan's remarks regarding proposed legislation on adult content
Meeting
Meeting to discuss European legislation around nudification apps and AI chatbots and the General Scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Max Murphy (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Consideration by the government of a practical approach to the regulation of social media and other environments in order to protect children from harm::Consideration by the government of additional legislation to empower the regulator to act against adult content providers who have not introduced required age verification checks
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Follow up email providing more information on the above topics and proposals for Ireland under its presidency of the Council of the EU
Meeting
Met SPAD to Tánaiste Harris to discuss a risk classification system for the regulation of online services, delays in the enforcement of age verification regulation on adult content and the potential for national legislation to address
Politician(s) lobbied: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament
Intent: Consideration by the Minister for Health of the recommendations of the OHT report, and a speeding up of enforcement of age verification regulation on adult content
Methods: Email
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Email following previous meeting, asking Ms. Ní Mhurchú to ask the Minister for Health to enact the recommendations of the Online Health Task Force and to investigate progress related to the enforcement of age verification on adult content
Politician(s) lobbied: Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To make the Deputy aware of our research findings and moves by other member states in the area of age verification
Methods: Email
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Email following previous meeting, including information related to our trends and usage report and national legislation in other member states regarding age verification on adult content
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To raise awareness of increased support among online experts for an independent classification system for social media
Methods: Email
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Email attaching joint statement signed by a number of European experts on how Europe should approach regulation of online services
Politician(s) lobbied: Paula Butterly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shay Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seamus McGrath (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Intent: TDs to consider a public health response to the issue of online harms
Methods: Email
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After notifying local TDs that we had given online safety talks in schools in their area, we asked them to consider developing a public health response to the issue of online harms.
Email
In some cases we also provided information about our schools programme
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sinéad Gibney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Sharing of our viewpoint regarding the bill and possibly a meeting to discuss same
Methods: Email
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Email to the Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence regarding the general scheme of the regulation of AI bill 2026; sharing our submission to the public consultation and making ourselves available to attend any relevant meeting to discuss same.
Politician(s) lobbied: Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: A meeting to discuss the above topics
Methods: Email
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Email to Alan Kelly requesting meeting to discuss age verification on adult content, the general scheme of the regulation of AI bill and a classification framework for digital environments
Politician(s) lobbied: Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Kelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: A meeting to discuss the above points
Methods: Email
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Email to Malcolm Byrne and Alan Kelly Email requesting meeting to discuss a risk classification framework for digital environments accessible to children and young people
Politician(s) lobbied: Niamh Hodnett (Online Safety Commissioner), Coimisiún na Meán
Intent: To discuss/understand the latest European regulatory and policy landscape regarding age verification on pornography, the Grok investigation and the ICM pilot programme
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting
Informal meeting to discuss the latest European regulatory and policy landscape regarding age verification on pornography, the Grok investigation, the ICM pilot programme and other matters related to child online safety
