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Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I am glad to speak on this Stage. Reform is much-needed in the sector and is welcome, but what is proposed in the Bill is not at all adequate. It lacks the necessary and broad consultation with our childminders, who are a fundamental and critical cohort. Our childminders have virtually been ignored in this process despite having a wealth of experience and wisdom on the issue of childcare....

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It was MrBeast.

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: MrBeast. The European Commission provided guidance for VLOPs on this in May 2024. It sets out processes for those providers to follow to enable them to achieve the risk mitigation measures in this space. It sets out actions that can be taken before, during and after the election period. Coimisiún na Meán and the Electoral Commission have been engaging closely on this. However,...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of this Bill is to ensure that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has the appropriate enforcement powers to address serious non-compliance with regulations for early years services and to ensure that parents have access to information in relation to the quality of those services. The intention is not to increase enforcement...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I do not like starting a debate by being negative but it was announced that there will be 85 redundancies in PayPal between Dundalk and Dublin, which is very bad news. I am a sitting TD in Dundalk. PayPal is a top company and good employer that still employs a lot of people. I do not know how many times over the past number of years we have had phone calls to tell us this is the last time...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to make a small correction. Pre-legislative scrutiny was carried out on this. That was my mistake.

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for her clarification and all Deputies for their contributions, which were constructive and, at times, eclectic. I acknowledge the contributions of Deputies Fitzpatrick, Nash and Ó Murchú on PayPal. Our thoughts are with the PayPal workers. I hear their concerns. The Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, shares those concerns and we will reflect them to the...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This Bill relates to the levy-raising powers of Coimisiún na Meán under the Broadcasting Act 2009 as amended by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022. Under section 21 of that Act, the providers of audiovisual media services, sound and broadcasting services and designated online services can be levied to meet the expenses and working capital requirements of Coimisiún...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this legislation and the Social Democrats are happy to support it. The Bill gives me an opportunity to return to the Digital Services Act, which we debated late last year. At that time, it was stated that Coimisiún na Meán was funded to the tune of €6 million for 2024 despite a business case that had been developed by the commission for...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I will not use my full speaking time in case other Members need it. A lot of people are rushing to get to the Chamber. I welcome and support this Bill which extends Coimisiún na Meán's and the Competition and the Consumer Protection Commission's levy-raising powers to fund new enforcement functions under the Digital Services Act 2024 and the terrorist content online regulation....

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Gerald Nash: I will pick up from where Deputy Ó Murchú left off. I am sure the Minister of State and the Chair will indulge me in referring to the proposal, or at least the contemplation, of another round of redundancies at PayPal Ireland. Those prospective redundancies will impact on staff who were originally located at the PayPal facility in our home county of Louth, in Dundalk town, and it...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Thomas Gould: As my colleague said, it is disappointing we are now speaking on a Bill without any pre-legislative scrutiny being done. This is another example of the Government refusing to engage constructively in the legislative process. We saw this last week when the planning Bill was rushed through the Dáil and guillotined, and we are seeing a similar issue now with the absence of pre-legislative...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The Sinn Féin position has been put forward already. We want to Coimisiún na Meán to be able to fund its own work, but there is frustration at the bypassing of pre-legislative scrutiny in the enterprise, trade and employment committee. Everyone has details on what the issues are with that. I hope the Government will work with the Opposition on amendments so we find the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: How many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Was that through PPPs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Was that done through the PPP bundle?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank our witnesses for a very interesting discussion. My starting point is to be deeply sceptical of PPPs. The comparison I would like to see, although I do not think it is on the agenda, but the witnesses can tell me if there has been any discussion about it, is, as well as comparing direct procurement, which, as the witnesses pointed out earlier, is paying a contractor to do something...