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

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 31: In page 75, line 33, to delete “section 99(d),”.

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

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 32: In page 75, line 35, to delete “Universal Service Regulations” and substitute the following: “European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Universal Service and Users’ Rights) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 337 of 2011)”.

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

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 33: In page 75, lines 35 and 36, to delete “the Universal Service” and substitute “those”.

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

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 34: In page 80, lines 38 and 39, to delete all words from and including “amended” in line 38, down to and including line 39 and substitute the following: “amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “an offence under this Act or a related enactment that may be prosecuted summarily may only be prosecuted...

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

Ossian Smyth: It is consequential on the Digital Hub Development Agency, DHDA, amendment. In other words, it was amending the Title to take into account the DHDA amendment, which is not happening now.

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

Ossian Smyth: That is it.

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

Ossian Smyth: I move amendment No. 36: In page 7, line 10, after “services;” to insert the following: “to enable the Minister to take measures in respect of the supply of critical components by vendors considered high-risk in order to safeguard the security of supply of such components;”. This is intended to amend the Title to take into account the amendment that brings...

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

Ossian Smyth: No. This is simply a change to the Title to include reference to high-risk vendors so that the high-risk vendor section is taken.

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

Ossian Smyth: It was.

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

Ossian Smyth: It is also to do with the Digital Hub Development Act 2003 and it is consequential on amendment No. 1.

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

Ossian Smyth: I thank the Chairman and Deputies McNamara and O'Rourke for their comments and for the stimulating discussion on Committee Stage. I look forward to Fourth Stage and the amendments that appear then.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (9 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: On 1st July 2022, I granted approval to Deposit Return Scheme Ireland CLG (DRSI) as the approved body to operate a deposit return scheme (DRS) in Ireland. This approval was a vital foundational element for the project, giving DRSI the legal standing to establish a DRS and commence formal engagement with producers, retailers and other operators. Ireland's national DRS will be launched...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools. I am advised by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Providing telecommunication services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg), as independent regulator. As Minister I have no role or statutory function in the matter raised in the Question. ComReg has responsibility to ensure that customers are not being overcharged. In the event...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Historically, over many decades, the Office of Public Works, OPW, has held a statutory remit for the care and conservation of Ireland’s heritage estate. In tandem with this statutory role, the OPW has a mandate to engage in the presentation to the public of heritage sites entrusted to its care. The increasing popularity of heritage sites with visitors, to a point where it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The OPW, along with the other agencies, has formed a steering group which has been investigating a number of sites for a potential visitor centre. It has been working with the local community and tourism representatives to determine where a site should be placed. Along with its partners, it has engaged international expertise and carried out a scoping report which has been presented to my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan. Cashel is one of the most important sites in the country and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II and others. The next step is to assess the identified site locations. They will be matched against defined criteria to be agreed by the project steering group. The group will have regard to the conceptual spatial...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I thank the Deputy. I have set out in tabular form in the following link the detail on the amount of funding approved for each local authority under the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022. As the Deputy will be aware, the purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to local authorities to undertake minor...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Deputy is correct about drawdown. Much of the funds are not drawn down. Roughly half the funds approved have actually been drawn down during the five-year period we were looking at. The budget itself is not entirely applied for. There is always much more money in the budget than is applied for by the local authorities. I would encourage the Deputy to ask his local authority to apply...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: On the approach to sea level rises all around the country and its effect on critical infrastructure, housing and so on, the Climate Action Plan will continue to address that. There will be specific actions relating to flooding. People will pay particular attention to that in the current environment. On whether the local authorities need extra capacity, I know the OPW will act in an...