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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Senators for their amendments regarding the powers of an coimisiún. Amendment No. 61 would delete a reference specifying that an coimisiún can borrow in a currency other than the currency of the State but this is a standard provision for State bodies. Accordingly, I do not propose to change the drafting approach taken to avoid any unintended consequences. Similarly,...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Amendment No. 64 seeks to amend section 25 which relates to deposits and charges for services which may be required by the commission.In requiring the commission to seek the approval of the Oireachtas, this amendment would, first of all and as I said earlier, be contrary to Article 30, which provides that member states shall ensure regulatory bodies are functioning independently of their...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Higgins for her amendments in regard to the application in the Bill for an coimisiún to produce a statement of strategy. I recognise the intention of amendment No. 65. Section 29(3) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 currently provides that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland shall present a copy of the strategy statement to the Minister and to such committees of either or...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I echo the welcome to the visitors. I, too, was born in County Galway. The visitors are well represented by Senator Crowe. They are very welcome to Leinster House. I thank Senator Higgins for the amendments. I will not be accepting amendment No. 71. The purpose of section 30 is to provide legislative underpinning for the Minister to direct an coimisiún to provide observations on...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I can only respond to the substance of the amendment and what the consequences of accepting it would be. As I said, it would not be usual for internal records to be placed before the Oireachtas or for the Oireachtas Library to store such records. An coimisiún will be independent and will have the right to consult with whom it wishes as an independent body. We have confidence in an...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Senator for this amendment. Section 46O of the Broadcasting Act, as amended by section 9 of the Bill, provides that the commission may make media service rules to, among other things, ensure the broadcasters take steps to promote the understanding and enjoyment of, and access to programmes by persons with a disability. These will build on the access rules published by the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.1...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply with details of the fees or payments made by Sport Ireland as requested by the Deputy. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: As outlined in previous replies on this matter,  the club to which the Deputy refers was provisionally allocated a grant of €81,500 under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme (SCP) for the development of an artificial playing surface and a further €83,343 under the 2018 SCP towards the provision of floodlights and non-personal sports equipment. In accordance with the...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: The debate has been had.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (27 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: It is proposed, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil yesterday, that proceedings on the Report and Final Stages of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 shall, if not previously concluded, be adjourned at 8.30 p.m. today.

Commission of Investigation (Nursing Homes) Bill 2022: First Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Personal Protective Equipment (Covid 19) Bill 2022: First Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: First Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: "That the Order of Business be agreed to."

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: CSO launched a public consultation on the content of the Census 2022 questionnaire in late 2017. As part of this consultation, members of the public and interested stakeholders were invited to submit their requests for new questions and revisions to existing questions. To assist the CSO in assessing the submissions, a Census Advisory Group (CAG) was formed. Membership of the CAG was drawn...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department has not allocated any funding to the organisation in question from 1January 2017 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Its objectives are to: - assist voluntary and community organisations, national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport, local authorities and Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: As per the published 2020 Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) Guide to Making an Application, if an organisation is applying for a regional facility, the applicant must include a letter from its national governing body of sport confirming the regional status of the project. No such letter was included in the application from the club in question. As detailed in the Guide, Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Apr 2022)

Jack Chambers: As the Deputy states in his question, the video games which underpin e-sports are generally developed and run by the sector itself through video game studios. The development of and promotion of the sector are a matter for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. My Department has no plans to introduce regulation for the e-sport sector as we have no role or remit in relation to e-sport.