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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is good to hear that the appeals process is getting under way in March. It will be welcomed. I have a few quick follow-on questions regarding that process. There has been inflation in the cost of materials. Following on from Deputy Stanton's point, will the Minister of State allow clubs to appeal to get an increase in the amount they have been allocated? Following on from that, the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In Limerick and north County Tipperary, more than 100 clubs and organisations got sports capital funding. It is a very good measure and there has been a significant increase on previous years. In the appeals process, there will be some clubs and sporting organisations that are deemed invalid because the type of application they put forward is not covered under the scheme, and there will be...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an overview of the sports capital and equipment programme appeals process; the timelines involved for sports clubs and organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10333/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan to homes in County Limerick to date; and the steps being taken speed up the overall roll-out in 2022. [10249/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be carried out on the file of a person (details supplied) with a view to awarding them the State pension (contributory). [10658/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: One of the actions under Housing for All involves reviewing the income eligibility for social housing. When will that be brought forward? I put a proposal to the Government and to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the basis that we have seen no increase in the income limits for nearly 11 years now. At the time, in April 2011, there was an increase of €5,000,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Apologies have been received from Deputy Duncan Smith and Senator Jerry Buttimer. The purpose of the meeting today is to engage with officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and representatives from the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, as part of pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the communications regulation (enforcement)...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Mourik. We move to members. Deputy Cathal Crowe is first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I remind the Deputy to leave time for a response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who is the Deputy addressing his questions to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have to be fair and show respect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I know, but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are here today because the Department came to us to say it would look for a waiver on pre-legislative scrutiny for this Bill. I have a couple of questions to clarify some things that are still not clear from the opening statement. When did this general scheme go to the Cabinet and when was it approved by the Cabinet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The case of Zalewski v. Adjudication Officer was decided on 12 July 2021, which was five months previously. In its opening statement, the Department said that the general scheme could be amended and that there could be a divergence between the published Bill, which is before us here, and the general scheme because of this particular adjudication. Why was the Bill brought to the Cabinet...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a fair question to ask. Why would the Department bring forward the general scheme of Bill and get it approved by the Cabinet when a Supreme Court case, which appears to be germane to this legislation, had yet to come? It is an issue I have for this committee. If we are doing pre-legislative scrutiny, we should be doing it in its totality. If we are doing pre-legislative scrutiny on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When did the advice come from the Attorney General's office that it required primary legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is nine months before it came to us as a committee. I take our role as a committee and our fiduciary duties very seriously. The Department was aware that it required primary legislation nine months previously and that there were deadlines with the European Union, and we were being told that a waiver for pre-legislative scrutiny was to be requested, and we are now finding that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When was the reasoned opinion? Was that in December or September?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What was said in that response?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has the Department given any indication to the Commission around the deadline dates the Department has looked for to have the legislation published?