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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (5 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: Addressing women’s participation at all levels in sport is an important element of the National Sports Policy. That includes women in leadership positions such as board members of National Governing Bodies (NGBs). I want to acknowledge the significant efforts that sporting bodies are now making around gender diversity on their boards. It is evident, however, that more work needs to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Defibrillators Provision (5 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: The procurement of defibrillators is a matter for each community group in the first instance. However, the State provides a number of supports for their purchase and training for their use. 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...

Safe Deposit Boxes and related Deposits Bill 2022: First Stage (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022: Referral to Joint Committee (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 21st April, 2022, be referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in accordance with Standing Order 95(5), which,...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Social Protection, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade...

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: First Stage (4 May 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

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

Jack Chambers: I thank Senators Malcolm Byrne, Cassells, Carrigy and Higgins for speaking to this amendment. I want to relay the apologies of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, who has had a bereavement in her family and cannot be here this evening. Section 19 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, as inserted by section 7 of the Bill, provides that an...

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

Jack Chambers: I thank all of the Senators for what they have said, as well as for their bona fides. I hear what they have said. There was significant pre-legislative scrutiny on the Bill. This particularly impacts on young people and children. The amendments that the Senators have sought to progress is to ensure the centrality of their voice in how policy is iterated and how it is implemented. In the...

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

Jack Chambers: No, I have made my point.

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

Jack Chambers: I understand the intention of the Senator's amendment. It rests on the question of whether the phrase "shall have regard to" should be interpreted as requiring the commission to follow whatever advice is given unless there is a compelling case not to. The legal advice that the Minister has received regarding this phraseology is that, where a public body shall have regard to a thing, it may...

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

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Higgins. I understand the purpose of amendment No. 60 is to ensure there is sufficient distinction between the levy under the new section 21 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, as inserted by section 7 of the Bill, which will be used to meet the expenses of the commission incurred in the course of discharging its regulatory functions set out in the Bill in the Broadcasting Act...

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

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Higgins. I will say again that this has been reviewed by the Office of the Attorney General and our legal advice is there is sufficient distinction as currently drafted. The levy to fund the expenses of an coimisiún and a levy to fund the content are in two completely different sections of the Bill. The levy to fund the expenses is in section 21 and the levy to fund...

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

Jack Chambers: As I said, they are in two completely different sections. It has been fully reviewed. The legal advice and legal interpretation of the sections as drafted is that there is sufficient distinction presently and there is not a requirement to insert the amendments the Senator has proposed.

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...

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