Results 7,921-7,940 of 8,235 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 48: In page 25, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(b) to monitor trends in gambling activities in the State,”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 49: In page 25, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(b) to take measures to reduce or eliminate compulsive and problem gambling,”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 52: In page 25, line 38, after “activities,” to insert the following: “including the harms and dangers posed to individuals, families and communities by problem and compulsive gambling,”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 53: In page 26, line 5, after “activities,” to insert the following: “having particular regard to the harms associated with excessive and compulsive gambling,”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 54: In page 26, lines 5 after activities, to insert the following: “and emerging trends and technologies in the gambling industry,.”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 55: In page 26, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following subsection: “(p) to monitor international best practice in the licensing and regulation of gambling activities,”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 57: In page 26, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(b) the need to ensure that persons recommended to the Minister under subsection (2) are not affected by conflicts of interest, ”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move Amendment No. 58: In page 27, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(e) data protection,”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 59: In page 28, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(c) shall not be in receipt of pecuniary benefits from gambling licence holders.”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 61: In page 31, to delete lines 36 to 39. Amendments No. 61 and 62 are very simple. They seek to delete provisions from the Bill which would prevent the chief executive of the new regulatory authority from questioning or expressing an opinion on Government policy in the context of a joint Oireachtas committee. We believe this is an unnecessary and incredibly...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I disagree. I believe the functioning of these authorities and the effectiveness of the goals of these authorities is undermined by their inability to be fully accountable to public representatives. Again, it may well be that it is standard Government policy, but it is a poor Government policy and one that diminishes accountability. Ultimately, it has the cost of diminishing the quality of...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 62: In page 32, to delete lines 35 to 38.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: That is a good example so I will dwell one minute longer on the IPCC report. I was a little concerned when Ms McCarthy mentioned that people prefer "positive" stories and "solution-based" stories. That may be very true in some of the programming pieces but when it comes to the news the fact is there is very serious news. We get breaking news about wars that are happening around the world...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: That is it. It is just on those questions around the engagement with the mandate, engagement with the regulatory process, which I understand is under way, and the questions of the how as well as the what. Perhaps Irish Doctors for the Environment could kick off. That would be useful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: New regulation is being created and that is the context.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Its creation point right now is not compliant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: There is automatic play and multiplay on digital platforms. Each one has a different carbon impact for each form of advertisement made available for sale.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a tiny question because I see I have little time left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am out of time-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----maybe he can answer with the others. I am concerned about always trying to find the positive piece. It is about international climate justice and difficult topics like loss and damage and inequality issues.