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Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 48: In page 63, line 26, after “decision” where it secondly occurs to insert the following: “, if the Commission can publish a written rationale which reasonably demonstrates that a new investigation would not strengthen compliance with the Digital Services Regulation”.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 49: In page 63, line 26, after “decision” where it secondly occurs to insert the following: “, only if, where the decision relates to providers of VLOPs or VLOSEs, the Commission can publish a written rationale which reasonably demonstrates that the decision ensures compliance with the Digital Services Regulation”.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 50: In page 63, line 26, after “decision” where it secondly occurs to insert the following: “, only if, where the decision relates to providers of VLOPs or VLOSEs, the Commission can publish a written rationale which reasonably demonstrates that a new investigation would not strengthen compliance with the Digital Services Regulation”.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 51: In page 67, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(p) any previous determinations by other Member State competent authorities;”.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 52: In page 71, line 11, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 53: In page 73, line 22, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: On behalf of the Civil Engagement Group, I want to join in the expressions of sympathy to the family and friends of the former Taoiseach, John Bruton, following his passing yesterday, in particular, his wife, Finola, his children, his grandchildren, his sister and, indeed, our own colleague, Deputy Richard Bruton, who I serve with on the climate committee. As a TD, as a Minister holding many...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: As the Minister of State outlined, the Bill before us does not add to or alter the obligations placed on regulated entities by the EU Digital Services Act. This is because that is a regulation that has direct effect and impact. The purpose of this Bill is to give effect to the supervision and enforcement mechanisms in relation to it.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish the students a happy St. Brigid's weekend, particularly as it is a Kildare school. This Bill will designate Coimisiún na Meán as Ireland's lead competent authority in respect of this matter. There are four systemic risks in this context. I will comment briefly in this regard. I will also probably be submitting some amendments on Committee and Report Stages to see how we...

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister of State and the motion. The motion is a clear sign of what we need following on from the debates we had last week, when we looked at the upcoming referendums and at the question of how we, as a State, address the issue of care. It is a very good sign that Government Members are putting forward this motion and setting out a level of ambition. Two important principles...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will begin by commending the more than 200 graduate entry medical students who wrote to the Minister in October to highlight the extremely urgent issues and problems with the current fee model for graduate medical studies in this State. In their letter they highlighted that: "GEM students are not eligible for SUSI (or any other similar student...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The measures the Minister of State outlined are about engagement with the institutions but not providing support to the individuals.The concern is that we are in a situation whereby the discussion is as if this education was a commodity rather than a pipeline for an essential public service. I have sat in committees where we talked about the lack of doctors and yet there does not seem to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will begin with a question to which I am seeking a short answer and will then address my other questions. What is Mr. Foley's understanding of common but differentiated responsibilities under the Paris Agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a fundamentally important question because Ireland's energy and environmental policies are meant to be in line with common but differentiated responsibilities. This is a core part of the Paris Agreement. The understanding most have of common but differentiated responsibilities is that wealthier countries and those that have benefited from high energy use in the past should be doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: They are questions about physical capacities. It is as real as a market limitation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The demand has come from large energy users-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----and the increase has not come from homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have had breakdown and we know that a huge amount of the increase has come from large energy users. Other countries are also hoping to have economies which grow, but without energy demand increase.