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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 11, removal of the obligations on RTÉ and TG4 to maintain teletext services, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 70 and 71.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Does Senator Warfield wish to speak?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am old enough to remember it being very sophisticated to look up Aertel. We move to group 12, definition of terminal and provenance rules, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 72 to 76, inclusive.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 13, procedures regarding online safety audits, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 82 to 88, inclusive.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 14, guidance regarding interpretation of harmful online content, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 92 to 94, inclusive.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 15, adding so-called flashing-related offences to the schedule of offence-specific harmful online content, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 108 to 114, inclusive.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 16, terms and conditions of authorised officers, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 118 and 119.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 17, geographic scope of content limitation notices, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 239 and 240.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 18, content production levy and related schemes, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 274 to 290, inclusive.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: It has been an extraordinary piece of work, so well done. Senator Carrigy has spoken of his high esteem for the Minister, so I echo the comments of others.

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Labour Party motion. Naturally, I do not agree with everything the proposers said. That is the nature of our different positions. However, the motion gives us an opportunity to highlight important areas that need change and intervention. We have been on a trajectory for a number of years in the childcare and early years sector. It was the Cinderella sector for a very long...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Exactly, there must be one to watch the sleeping room. Thus the economics of the baby room are not good in themselves, but at the same time, in tandem with that, we have seen increased parental leave and other supports. We have paternity leave and other elements that have come in that are positive and important.I would rather that we advocated for women or parents to have longer time and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Participation in Political and Public Life: Discussion (1 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the participants. The submissions are eye-opening and challenging but correctly so. An intern called Eoin Sheehy has started in my office this week and I am very grateful for his perspective as I approached this meeting. Eoin is visually impaired and he is accompanied by his wonderful and amazing dog called Quest, which we all want to cuddle but cannot, as he is a working dog. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I bring the good news to the House that the Cabinet has finally approved a framework for legislating for surrogacy in prospective and retrospective cases. I am very grateful for that. Surrogacy is not something you choose - it chooses you. Generally, if you are a woman, surrogacy will be the option because you have had a series of illnesses and losses that have been very dramatic. It will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Well said.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the legislation. It is based on an EU directive and we need to remember a directive is not regulation. A directive has to be experienced at the same base level in every EU member state. This provides us with an opportunity to provide more rights than the base level intention of the directive. I echo much of what Senator Currie and others said. I concur that we should look at...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I have one final point to make. I thank the Acting Chairperson for her indulgence. It should be incumbent on every employer to set out the entitlement to flexible working or remote working, although I would stress that the latter is completely distinct and very different. When employers are creating a role, they should be obliged to set out the entitlement, and the ability, to perform that...

Seanad: Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I congratulate the Minister of State. From day one he has done an extraordinary job. I know this has been a personal mission of his to ensure that this provision was included. At one stage I tabled an amendment on the motion on the Moorhead report and the assurances he gave at that point were that we were going to have provisions for maternity leave for councillors. It is very important...