The Social Democrats want to see greater protection for children online, measures to combat disinformation and stronger regulation of Artificial Intelligence, or AI.
It is all part of their Digital and Online Safety policy, launched today.
The party says a unit should be established in the Department of the Taoiseach - and a Chief Information Security Officer should be appointed "to combat the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation and mal-information".
Gary Gannon TD for Dublin Central said vigilance against AI was vital, particularly ahead of the expected General Election.
"I think we need to be concerned about it going into the next election...it's definitely a space where we need to be observant. I mean, this election, probably even more than the one we had four years ago. The technology increases are drastic, which is why we launch our policies on this today, to try again in front of them."
The party also wants to see the development of laws to protect workers who may be displaced by AI.
Sinead Gibney, Social Democrats candidate for Dublin-Rathdown, said there was a lot of talk about the just transition in relation to climate change.
"We need to think in the same way about the potential labor displacement that artificial intelligence may bring about."
She said the Government would need to look at retraining, labour creation and a redistribution to deal with the potential job losses coming down the pipeline.
Asked about the work of Coimisiún na Meán, Ms Gibney said it was wonderful to see the regulator up and running, but she had some concerns about their founding legislation, and whether they had all the tools required to deal with online safety.
"One thing I would have some concerns about from the latest online safety code that they launched last week is the reliance on age verification, because age verification is a very blunt tool. It's also something that has the potential to infringe on rights because it seeks personal information, so it does have the potential for other civil liberty infringements around data and privacy."
