Facebook at the Oireachtas: Out of our depth

Many years ago, a politically incorrect, but entertaining attorney general described Fianna Fáil backbenchers, discussing the Maastricht Treaty, as being “like a bunch of monkeys with screwdrivers looking into the back of a television”.

It may be unkind to regard tomorrow’s meeting of the Oireachtas communications committee, where Facebook executives will be interviewed, in the same light.