Read the submission. They do not agree with you.

I agree with the Tánaiste that only a change of-----

-----government is going to improve the situation. I absolutely agree.

I asked a very straight question. If the Tánaiste does not understand the impact of the issue that they have created-----

-----then they will never fix it and all of the available evidence suggests that the Government will never fix it.

Are you blaming the Opposition for the Government's failure in housing?

The American Chamber of Commerce does not agree.

I commend Natasha O’Brien and Bláthnaid Raleigh on having the courage to come forward and share their trauma that we might all learn. It is hard to believe that in 2024 women are still having to bear their souls in order to put the issue of gender-based violence onto the agenda. It is also hard to believe that it has been 31 years since Lavinia Kerwick did her ground-breaking interview with the late, great Gerry Ryan. I remember listening to Lavinia in 1993 and being shocked, although not about the rape and subsequ…

Hear, hear.

They cannot use it on this scheme.

A price of €400,000 is not affordable.

This morning, pilots at Aer Lingus started industrial action in the form of a work-to-rule. As a consequence, Aer Lingus has already cancelled almost 300 flights with more to follow. The impact of the work-to-rule and specifically the ban on overtime is difficult to predict and passengers have been warned that their flights may be cancelled right up to the moment they arrive at the departure gates. This has upended the holiday plans of tens of thousands of workers and families, many of whom can scarcely afford to r…

With the greatest of respect to the Taoiseach, whatever it was he said on Monday did not work because the industrial action started at one minute past midnight today. As the Minister rightly said, people are facing into a chaotic summer now. They have spent all year working hard, they have spent all this time saving up and they are looking in now. The Minister tells me her heart goes out to them, and mine does too, but I put a fairly simple question to her, namely, what is her Government prepared to do? She said in…

I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 14, to delete "person" and substitute "online service, intermediary service provider and/or hosting service provider". The amendments in this group are submitted to ensure and get confirmation that levies cannot be levied on an individual. I am disposed to supporting this legislation, but I am reserving my position depending on the explanation from the Minister of State in relation to aspects of this and the consideration of my party's amendments. I submitted these amendments…

There were a lot of words there. Am I right when I say that the individual, in other words, the person as referred to, is an entity but that entity could only be one person? Does the Minister of State see where I am coming from in terms of an individual?

There is a small amount of ambiguity in the wording and that was the reason for the amendments. It was as much to prompt the debate as anything else. If the Minister of State is saying that where there is an individual involved, he or she is regarded as an entity. That makes sense. If that is the clarification, I am happy to accept that.

Yes.

Inadvertently. I understand, but that was not the intention of it.

I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(5) Nothing in this Act shall allow for the collection of levies from an individual.”.

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 u…