Results 521-540 of 2,412 for speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not want to take us away from the amendments we are looking at today. On Senator Higgins’s initial point around certain amendments being ruled out of order, I do not know whether we will get to them today but my own amendments Nos. 86 and 89-----
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I would not have thought so and that is why, with the indulgence of the Acting Chairperson, I take my opportunity very quickly now to make the point.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Amendments Nos. 86 and 89 refer to ensuring that certain broadcasts will be made available to viewers throughout the entirety of the-----
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I appreciate that but I want to make that point. The rationale, much as others have argued, including the Acting Chairperson, that ensuring that sporting bodies that operate on an all-Ireland basis would then sell their broadcasting rights in order that they could be viewed on an all-Ireland basis, in particular those that are in receipt of State and Government support in line with Article 2...
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I hope that when we get to that it will be explained fully.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I have said it now so it is on the record.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 6: In page 10, line 6, to delete “Commissioner” and substitute “Coimisinéir”. I will withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to move it again.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 9. In page 18, line 34, to delete “efficiently.” and substitute the following: “efficiently, including the power to compel any technology company to produce and provide any specific related data or reports which it requests within a reasonable time frame not exceeding one calendar month in order to conduct its functions.”. The amendment...
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response on amendment No. 9. I note she has made a number of important points. I ask for permission to withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to resubmit on Report Stage. I have heard what the Minister has advised.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I propose to move all the amendments.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 14: In page 19, to delete line 5 and substitute the following: “(i) the duty not only to satisfy existing demand but to stimulate increased demand for Irish language programming and content, in line with the national aim of restoring the Irish language as a spoken language nationwide,”.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Grand. I will speak to them all. I thought I was making life a bit easier for the Acting Chairperson with my haste.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Okay. Má tá cead agam, agus mura miste leis an Aire, labhróidh mé ar na leasuithe go léir in áit iad a ghlacadh go haonarach. Tá súil agam gur féidir leis an Aire labhairt ar na leasuithe ina iomláine fosta agus í ag freagairt. Beginning with amendment No. 14, rather than vague mentions of the Irish language, the specific national aim...
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Minister for her answers and I do not totally rule out hope for Report Stage based on what she has said. We probably disagree on some of the technical aspects but that is fair enough. She has committed, particularly in terms of the amendment, and said that she supports an increase in visibility and bolstering the Irish language. Let us find a way to make that work, reach a...
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I withdraw the amendment and reserve the right to resubmit.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 15: In page 19, to delete lines 8 and 9 and substitute the following: “(iii) their diversity of traditions and identities, including religious, ethical, cultural, linguistic and gender diversity, and”. The amendment is very similar to amendment No. 14 and, therefore, I do not intend to speak on it at any great length. On amendment No. 17, the Bill's...
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 17: In page 19, line 11, after “to” to insert “, and visible representation on,”.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 22: In page 19, to delete line 27 and substitute the following: “(d) ensure and increase the development and provision of—”.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 23: In page 19, line 31, after “encourage” to insert “increased use of the Irish language and”.