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Internet Safety Advisory Council

What is the Internet Safety Advisory Council (ISAC)?

In carrying out its work, the Office for Internet Safety will be supported in its work by an Internet Safety Advisory Council, whose membership will be drawn from representatives of the key stakeholders in the statutory, industry and community sectors.

What will it have responsibility for?

As a primarily advisory body, the Internet Safety advisory Council will have the following responsibilities

1.

To advise the OIS on all aspects of internet safety, particularly as it relates to children

2.

To contribute to the monitoring and implementation of EU and UN decisions relating to internet safety

3.

To contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the self –regulation framework to ensure a safer internet environment

4.

To advise on priorities for research in this field

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To advise on awareness raising in addressing illegal and harmful use of the internet

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To advise on the development of mechanisms to engage with the key players

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To examine and assess the current approaches both domestically and internationally to addressing the problem of illegal and harmful use of the internet

Who are the members of the Internet Safety Advisory Council?

The Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Mr Dermot Ahern T.D. has formally established and appointed the Internet Safety Advisory Council with effect from December 1st 2008.

The members of the Internet Safety Council are as follows:

• Fergal Marrinan (Chairperson) - Sonas Innovation
• John Laffan (Deputy Chairperson) - Executive Director, OIS
• Anne Conroy - Barnardos
• Cormac Callanan - Aconite Internet Solutions
• David Harvey - City Channel
• Derek Richards - Technology for Well-Being
• Frank Goodman - Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland
• Gary Davis - Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
• Jerome Morrissey - National Centre for Technology in Education
• Luisón Lassala - ANCHOR Educational & Youth Centre
• Paul Durrant - Hotline.ie
• Gerry Roughneen - Office of the Minister for Integration
• Ronan Lupton - Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI)
• Sinead Gilligan - Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
• Superintendent Fergus Healy - An Gardaí Síochána
• Tommy McCabe - Irish Cellular Industry Association (ICIA)
• Shay O' Malley - Commission for Communications Regulation
• Áine Lynch - National Parents Council Primary
• Margie Roe - Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

The first meeting of the Internet Safety Advisory Council took place on 14 January 2009.


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