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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: If we sign up to all of these regulations, there is no opt out then after that. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I am caught for time. Are we at risk of infringement proceedings if we do not comply with some of these regulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: Is there a risk of infringement proceedings arising out of all of these?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I have one final short question. The Minister mentioned a number of times that certain parts must only be used as a last resort. What is the Minister's definition of "a last resort"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: A number of times in the Minister's opening statement, she mentioned that if there is an applicant, certain regulations must only be used as a last resort, for example, in the reception conditions directive. What does the Minister mean by "a last resort"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: A risk of what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: Did the legal advice outline what a risk exactly is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The Minister is not prepared to share any of those legal advices with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister not think that we are limiting ourselves with regard to future flexibility by signing up to all of these given that we cannot pull back from them? For example, if the Government had a plan about capacity and reception, a reception standard would form part of that. There have been great pressures on those facilities over the past number of years. Does the Minister not think...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, line 17, after “raffle” to insert “, a quiz featuring an element of chance”.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I will speak to amendment No. 11. It proposes that the Act should not apply to gambling activities, including a game or lotto, carried on by or on behalf of any organisation that is a registered charitable organisation under the meaning of the Charities Act and: that has a charitable or philanthropic purpose, which shall be construed in accordance with section 87(4), and is designated by...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The need for this Bill is very clear. We want to see regulation. Over the past year or so, we have had many meetings with families whose lives have been affected by gambling, bingo halls and all sorts of stakeholders. The scale and reach of gambling companies is driving the vast majority of gambling home and it needs to be tackled. There are amendments coming in respect of credit card...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I want to make only one point, relating to the lotteries of GAA clubs. It is preposterous to say that, at odds of about 36,000 to one, all the gamblers with addiction problems start flocking in-----

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The Minister of State is deliberately misconstruing and misinterpreting what I said in that regard. It is obvious that within a community, if there is a higher prize, people will come together and spend their €2 or get three tickets for €5 to enter that lottery, but it is preposterous to say it is people with a gambling addiction who buy in to that.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 17: In page 25, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(4) In appointing the members of the Authority, the Minister shall have regard to the objective of there being no fewer than 1 member with lived personal experience of harmful gambling behaviours. (5) In appointing the members of the Authority, the Minister shall have regard to the importance of...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 25: In page 38, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Authority subject to Freedom of Information 34. The Authority shall be subject to section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014.”. This amendment makes the authority, Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais n a hÉireann, subject to the Freedom of Information...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 26: In page 48, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(4) The contributions to the Social Impact Fund under subsection (3) shall be calculated having regard to - (a) the size of licence holders’ operations, (b) the gambling services and activities being offered by licence holders, (c) the potential harm/risk associated with the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: The Minister of State said there is no call arising out of the display of the betting company’s name. If there was, for example, a Paddy Power comedy festival, as there was last year, would that be governed by this, would it be included or would it fall foul of the difficulties here?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 95. To ask the Taoiseach the increases that have been made to funding to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the years 2020 to 2024. [17250/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra resources she has dedicated to implementing the new policy on breastfeeding breaks for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17524/24]