Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I second Senator Martin’s proposed amendment to the Order of Business and compliment him on the fantastic Bill he is putting forward, which I have read. It is a vitally important Bill for all sporting events. Since the inception of pay-per-view television, the main source of income of many sporting organisations has been the sale of their media rights. Something needs to be done to eliminate the practice of people illegally broadcasting those rights. It is giving some people an unfair advantage in gambling, which is another day’s debate, with time lapses and so on. I compliment the Senator on his Bill. It is a pleasure to second his proposed amendment.

I raise the EU Covid certificate. Now that we are getting up and running in a serious manner with the booster campaign, it is vital that, hand in hand with that, we give people acknowledgement on their Covid certificates that they have had the booster jab. A number of countries are putting an upper time limit on the duration of vaccination and the Covid certificate. Depending on the country, the Covid certificate can become invalid five or six months after the date of the second vaccination. We could further encourage people who need to travel to these areas to take the booster jab by including it on the Covid certificate. This would elongate the certificate's lifespan and open many doors for people when it comes to travel, entertainment or whatever.