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Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister should stop talking nonsense.

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Ó Broin, not just for this motion but for all the work he does on the housing disaster or emergency - I do not know what word is being put on it these days. I listened to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, make a fairly pitiful contribution. It could be fairly well summed up as the Minister saying the Government is doing its best and it could possibly be worse. It...

Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his remarks. Sinn Féin supports this Bill but will be putting forward amendments on Committee Stage, so it not all good news. This Bill transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. The reason for the need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with the Cathaoirleach. I want to hear from the officials as to why the Bill is before this committee. My understanding is that a Cabinet decision was made to transfer it to this committee but we will hear from the officials on that. It strikes me that as the committee with the lengthy name referred to by the Chair has concluded a piece of work in this area, it would be best placed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It is an update of the e-commerce directive and it is intended to broaden that out. Am I right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is my problem. It broadens out the e-commerce directive into online harm, which then crosses over into the area of the media, etc. I have no knowledge of the Media Commission. The expectation here is that this committee will consider the transposition and subsequent legislation, which will result in additional functions for the Media Commission. We have work to do in finding out what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I think we would need to seek guidance from the Office of the Ceann Comhairle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for being here. I am sure they can understand that our concern is not with them but with this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We have been asked, in a letter, to waive pre-legislative scrutiny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We have the heads of the digital services Bill here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That was not my intention at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Having read the request to waive pre-legislative scrutiny and having gone through the heads of the Bill, I raised a concern. I think we need to get some advice about what we can do in this instance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not have a problem with that either. As I said, my request was off the back of the correspondence received to date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We can have this discussion on a without prejudice basis, but my concerns still exist and I will link in with the Chair after this to make sure we are doing this in the most appropriate way. I am really conscious of how important it is not only that we get this done but also that we get it right, and I am just not convinced that this is in the right place. The policy responsibility, as Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: If this legislation were to come through this committee, we would assign responsibility to the media commission as the competent authority, over which the Minister who oversees this Department, which will oversee the registration, will have no role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It might be a similar model but we could have a debate all day about how well it works. Does Ms Greene see where the complaints are coming from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Ultimately, the person who has overall responsibility will not be the Minister involved. I have a concern about that. I have more general concerns on the back of Ms Greene's submission. When the DSC is established, however that happens, under the legislation, that person or that office will become the lead EU authority with respect to the European Digital Services Act. Is that correct?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: How would that work? The European Commission has the right to take over the case, but who flags it to the Commission? How does that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: When Ms Greene says it can rely on us, does she mean the Media Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Media Commission can rely on-----