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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Once Ireland makes that order one must take their word for it that they have complied, if it is outside of Ireland-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: -----or will these people in trench coats who gave the information in the first place be in a position to give the information that the orders are not being complied with?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Is it an extraterritorial power of entry?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: The physical presence of components is something they will not be able to see from Ireland.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Around the world outside of Ireland.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: As regards-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: It is, but surely with regard to verification, one can ask them for information but they are not in a position to verify its veracity, or are they, if it is outside of Ireland?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Well not really, but I am not in a position to call a vote on it.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I would like some clarification on this.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Yes, this whole-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Am I correct that amendment No. 6 introduces the-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Do I understand correctly that any manufacturer that is headquartered in or based in a country that is determined to be undemocratic, and where the manufacturer could be under the control of that undemocratic regime, and that they could come under the influence of that government, can be determined a high-risk vendor? I am struggling to see that this is sufficient to have them determined as...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Yes, the assessment of a high-risk vendor.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: My point was that any vendor in that country can be deemed to be a high-risk vendor. The vendor does not necessarily have to pose any particular risk to the security of this State. The Minister of State moved from risk to the security of the State to shoddy components very quickly. That would indicate that this Bill is very broad in its scope and has significant capability to impact upon...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ukraine War (8 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of certificates of professional competence that have issued to Ukrainian lorry drivers now based in Ireland to enable them to earn a living here as lorry drivers since 24 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ukraine War (8 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of certificate of professional competence courses for Ukrainian lorry drivers, an essential prerequisite to enable them to obtain a CPC to earn a living here as lorry drivers, since 24 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when certificate of professional competence courses for lorry drivers will be carried out online; the reason they are not carried out online to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests for online CPC courses received; the number of objections to attending an in-person CPC course during the initial "lockdown" and periods in which level-five restrictions were in place in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Student Accommodation (8 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that students who are staying in "digs" type accommodation as opposed to students who are staying in Residential Tenancies Board-registered accommodation are not entitled to the recently announced tax credit for student accommodation given that the parents of these students and some of the students are taxpayers; and if he will make a statement...