Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-26
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal

I move amendment No. 3:
In page 5, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:
"(5) Nothing in this Act shall allow for the collection of levies for any reason other than funding the regulatory work of the Commission and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.".
The amendments in this grouping have been submitted to seek clarity that levies can only be used to fund the regulatory work of Coimisiún na Meán and the CCPC. We do not want to see a situation where, though the backdoor, levies would be used to fund other work of the Commission and the CCPC, which work should be funded by Government. I am seeking confirmation that this is not the case and that it will only be for the purpose of regulation that levies will be applied to hosting services and to intermediary services.

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Sitting date: 2024-06-26