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- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I second the amendment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I apologise for being late but I was in meetings all morning. Please forgive me if I ask questions that have been answered. I only have two questions. In his response to the Committee of Public Accounts, Mr. Gunning highlighted the importance of sustainability in the design of the new children's hospital project. While we gain an understanding of the environmental impact as the project...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I thank Mr. Devine. It would be great if he could come back to us on that. That would be fantastic. The PwC report recommended that the "commercial capability and capacity of the NPH Executive should be strengthened so that it is ... less reliant on external advisors". It further recommended that this be done "in the short term to support the planning and execution of the next phase"....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I have one final question and again, I apologise if it has been covered. In his opening statement Mr. Gunning said that BAM will not be allocated more money beyond what is provided for under the contract. Given the volume of claims submitted by BAM, is there any instance or provision within the contract that would cause work on the project to come to a halt completely? I also seek clarity...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I thank Mr. Gunning
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I move amendment No. 63: In page 36, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(c) the costs imposed on all of society by problem and compulsive gambling;”. Amendments Nos. 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67 seek to expand on the areas in which new regulatory authority may undertake, commission or collaborate on research. While the section is drafted in such a way that the...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I am disappointed that the Minister of State will not accept these amendments. I work in the field of addiction. I set up a charitable organisation that works with families impacted by addiction, including gambling addiction, substance misuse and alcohol addiction, and I see the devastation it causes daily. I see parents and partners who come to the RISE Foundation and who know that a...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I will withdraw it.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I move amendment No. 64: In page 36, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(c) the prevalence of illegal or unregulated gambling, including by children;”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I move amendment No. 65: In page 36, line 38, after “activities” to insert the following: “, and potential dangers posed by emerging technologies in the development and sustainment of gambling addiction”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I move amendment No. 66: In page 36, after line 38, to insert the following: “(d) prevailing and emerging trends in gambling and gambling activity;”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I move amendment No. 67: In page 36, after line 38, to insert the following: “(d) policy approaches to the reduction or elimination of excessive, compulsive and problem gambling in jurisdictions outside the State;”.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Frances Black: I move amendment No. 68: In page 37, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(2) The Authority shall consider existing and emerging practices in certain activities by non-licensees, which, while not constituting gambling activity, may operate in manner sufficiently similar to gambling and constitute sufficiently similar risk as to merit future identification as gambling...