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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Cathal Crowe is supposed to be our next speaker, ach níl sé anseo. Deputy Martin Kenny will be our next speaker.

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

Martin Kenny: From discussions I have had recently with childminders who mind children and provide a service in their own homes, while they accept the need for change and have no difficulty with it, there is a certain scepticism and difficulty with this Bill. They fear being overburdened with regulation. One person I spoke to asked whether visitors coming to their home would have to be vetted. Those...

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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We must adjourn this debate at 4.31 p.m., in case Deputy Shortall is still speaking at that stage.

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

Róisín Shortall: I will probably be done by then. I welcome this debate on the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024, which I am taking in the place of my colleague, Deputy Jennifer Whitmore. I am disappointed the Bill has been drastically pared back, so much so that only seven of the children's committee’s 96 pre-legislative scrutiny recommendations are now relevant to the legislation before us....

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

Seán Sherlock: I am reading with interest the Minister's words before the House this afternoon. His speech states: The second purpose is to provide for the regulation and registration of childminders who work in ... [the childminder's home] through a phased approach in line with the national action plan for childminding. I am committed to delivering childminding-specific regulations that are both...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I acknowledge the hard and valuable work the 53,000 childminders across the country do. They fulfil a great role. As a parent, I have experience of this. Not everybody can afford long maternity leave. My two children went to a wonderful childminder, Sheila Wilson. They were part of her family and she provided not just a service but had them as part of her family. I know the difference...

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

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the publication of the Bill by the Minister. I hope it will finally put some shape on the consequences for providers who do not meet certain standards. It seems the Minister has found a formula that will give Tusla the powers it needs. Childcare providers, while subject to basic standards in child protection and business law, have existed in a bit of a grey space when it comes...

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

Seán Canney: Deputies Cronin, Conway-Walsh and Mitchell, who are sharing time, are next.

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....