Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Amendment No. 21 seeks to remove subsection 2 from this section, which currently provides for: "fees to be fixed at a level calculated to produce a sufficient annual amount" in order to allow the licensing authority to carry out any necessary functions. This amendment is linked to the amendment to introduce a new section to the Bill titled, "Grants to licensing authority". This amendment has been brought following discussions with partners and the agreement that it is not advisable for the licensing model to be self-financing. As we previously signalled in the memorandum to Government that we brought in December 2022 seeking approval to publish the Bill, there will be a split between fees and Exchequer moneys to fund the new licensing model. Given the proposed deletion of sections 40 to 43, inclusive, a consequential amendment to remove the reference to approval is also required.