Martin hits out as full copy of report leaked in advance of Cabinet meeting

Report on digital and AI strategy 'not clear' and it was 'open to interpretation' as to what the Government intended to restrict

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is understood to have expressed frustration that age verification for social media dominated headlines and took away from the wider contents of the report. Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA

Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned ministers at yesterday's Cabinet meeting that it was “not on” that a full copy of a new report was leaked in advance of it being discussed by ministers.

Mr Martin is also understood to have expressed frustration that age verification for social media — described as a small aspect of the digital and AI strategy — dominated headlines and took away from the wider contents of the report.