My apologies. That is exactly the point on advertisements. We already said, as a House, that advertising to children should not be allowed. However, it has never been commenced as a section. I would like an answer on that.

I second it.

I second it.

I move amendment No. 6: To delete the first paragraph under “calls for:”, and substitute the following: “- Ireland to support a strong and responsible digital sector within the economy including indigenous innovation, while protecting data privacy and fundamental rights;”

I move amendment No. 7: To delete the second paragraph under “calls for:”, and substitute the following: “- the Government to consider and engage with the risks and benefits of digital technologies and AI, and to provide robust safeguards in relation to the use of these tools in our public services;”

I move amendment No. 8: To delete the fifth paragraph under “calls for:”, and substitute the following: “- Ireland’s Council Presidency to reflect our ambition to be at the forefront of digital innovation and online safety; and to advocate for robust safeguards to protect children, young people, and vulnerable persons from harm in online spaces;”

I move amendment No. 9: To delete the seventh paragraph under “calls for:”, and substitute the following: “- Ireland to advance and implement the EU’s AI Act during our presidency, and advocate for further reform of the Digital Omnibus Regulation to strengthen data protection for citizens, and provide robust protections for creatives whose work is used to train AI models without consent or compensation;”

I move amendment No. 10: To delete the ninth paragraph under “calls for:”, and substitute the following: “- the Government to advocate for the development of robust regulatory safeguards at the EU level, to protect children, young people, and vulnerable persons from harm in online spaces;”

I move amendment No. 11: To delete the tenth paragraph under “calls for:”, and substitute the following: “- the full consideration of Digital Ireland’s 20 high-level objectives and 90 specific deliverables;”

I move amendment No.12: In the eleventh paragraph under “calls for:”, to delete the first sub-paragraph and substitute the following sub-paragraph: “- supporting Coimisiún na Meán to improve awareness, reporting, investigation, and sanction or prosecution of AI-generated non-consensual intimate images;”

I move amendment No. 13: In the eleventh paragraph under “calls for:”, in the third sub-paragraph after “implementing,” to insert “subject to data protection impact assessment,”

I move amendment No. 15: After “calls for:”, to insert the following paragraph: “- the adequate enforcement of the provisions that already exist in the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 which prohibit the generation and sharing of child sexual abuse material, and intimate image abuse;”

I move amendment No. 16: After “calls for:”, to insert the following paragraph: “- Ireland to engage constructively with the Digital Omnibus and AI Omnibus proposals by the European Commission and advocate against measures which would reduce data protections and dilute regulation and enforcement, and to work to strengthen controls in relation to algorithms, recommender systems and the protection of creative work;”

We are speaking about defence, something we have debated a few times. I would suggest that at some point it would be good if we were to have statements on peace. We have statements on defence and security but something we do not have or see enough of are statements on peace and the work of peace. This is the area in which Ireland has the most to contribute, to which Ireland can bring the most and in which Ireland has the record and credibility internationally. I will follow up on something Senator Clonan said. I wi…

It can be broken down into the different points. This was the ambitious target that was set. It can be broken down in terms of parts and aspects. What was being examined by the finance committee was Security Action for Europe, SAFE, and the proposals from the Commission. We heard from the Commission. Its representatives spoke to us for an hour. There is an intention to redirect common investment away from areas such as just transition and climate action. We know that the one guaranteed security threat that we face …

I second the motion.

To begin, I will explain a couple of things we were trying to do with this Bill. When the Institutional Burials Act 2022 was being passed, there were concerns that the language was framed so narrowly that, in effect, it would really only relate to Tuam. Other institutions were allowed to be included, but the terms, descriptions and definitions were almost designed to exclude certain well-known cases of great institutional abuse. The debates at the time related to some of the phrases our Bill seeks to address. Some …

I agree with Senator Cosgrove that it was unfortunate and quite disrespectful to the Seanad to see the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 guillotined in such a short manner last week, without even having the opportunity for some amendments to be spoken to, given the significance it has for so many. It is a practice we should be pushing back on collectively as a House. It is unfortunate that a previous speaker tried to take what is a collective motion on the Order Paper today and make it abou…

I will speak very briefly in support of these amendments proposed by Senators Black, McDowell and Conway. To pick up where Senator Conway left off, this focus on the courts system does seem strange. A lot of this legislation is deriving from the fact that the artists already won their court case. They took the court case. They took it to the European courts and the message that came down was that we needed to have an equitable distribution mechanism. It is almost suggesting that individual artists or groups of perf…

I want to rise and speak in favour of all four amendments. I am surprised the Minister is not accepting at least one of them. First, I will deal with the amendment that relates to the Residential Tenancies Board and its capacity and resources. To my mind, that is a no-brainer. It is obvious. There is also an amendment looking for a review of the Act, and the impact it is having. Senator McCarthy's amendment seeks to review the Act within two years. These are very reasonable requests. I have been in this House since…