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Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification and explanation regarding the American ambassador. I am aware from responses to parliamentary questions that the ambassador met the Taoiseach several times since. I do not know whether this matter was discussed with the Taoiseach, but I do not wish to go down that rabbit hole. My primary concern has to do with the Minister of State's...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 12: In page 21, line 11, after “may” to insert “by order”. Basically, this amendment seeks to insert the phrase "by order" in page 21, line 11. Section 20(1) states that, "The Minister may prescribe any component or any class of components as a critical component or critical components." I suppose it is unusual in that it is not clear...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: Amendment No. 14 seeks to set out a process. It does not delete anything, as was the case with the previous amendment. It merely sets out a process to be followed in making a determination that a component is a critical component, or a class of components are critical components, and requires that the Minister would publish the proposed component or class of components and give reasons for...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I trust that the purpose of this exercise is to avoid the use of those components, where possible. If we want people to avoid the use of certain components, and the Minister of State has indicated to me that is the purpose of the exercise, but we do not tell companies or persons what components we want them to avoid using, it is entirely counter-productive. It is like saying we are going to...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I accept the Minister of State’s differentiation between the component and the security measures necessary to make that component safe, but I respectfully say that is all the more reason for the components to be listed in an objective, transparent way. I do not say the Minister should list the components by order and specify the security measures he requires to be undertaken to make...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I welcome the fact the Minister of State intends to remove from the section the reference to "public order", which is a step forward, and every step forward, no matter how small, is to be welcomed. Regarding amendment No. 29, I do not accept the Minister of State’s reasoning. If the vendor is based outside the jurisdiction, it can still be contacted, and if it does not reply in...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 27: In page 23, line 24, to delete “or public order.” and substitute the following: “and whereso occurs the Minister shall certify that the notice was made in the interests of national security.”. If the Minister is taking a measure on the basis of national security, as Ministers and Governments must do, what is wrong with saying a...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: No, it is just this line 24 which I am trying to find. Given that the Minister is taking out the reference to "public order", it follows that a notice can only be made in the interests of national security. Presuming the Minister is going to move amendment No. 30, I think-----

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 31: In page 24, line 22, to delete “or public order” and substitute “and the Minister shall certify the reasons for dispensing with the requirement in subsection (1)”.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 34: In page 24, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(2) A person affected by a high-risk vendor measure or a variation of such measure shall be informed of the making of such order as soon as practicable after the making of such an order and in any event within 5 days of the making of such an order.”. Is there a particular reason...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: The other reason relates to the time. If a high-risk offender notice is issued in respect of a vendor, surely the vendor must be told within a particular period.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: What about the time period of five days?

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: If the Minister determines that somebody is a high-risk vendor, they must be informed within five days of the making of that determination.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I proposes that the vendors have to be told within five days.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 38: In page 26, line 11, to delete “or public order”.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 39: In page 26, line 21, to delete “or public order”. This, I believe, is one of the instances where the Minister is removing the words "public order".

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: No, amendment No. 39.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: My apologies.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Ó Murchú is referring to amendments Nos. 38, 39 and 41.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I would like to speak to amendment No. 42.