I move amendment No. 102: In page 51, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(17) Notices, which shall be known as Surveillance Transparency Notices, shall be published in respect of every CCTV scheme approved under this section, both online on a website maintained by the relevant local authority, and in all important public forums within the local authority area, and shall be in plain language. (18) A Surveillance Transparency Notice published in accordance with subsection (17) shall include— (a) details…

I move amendment No. 103: In page 51, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Prohibition on use of artificial intelligence under CCTV scheme 33. The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 23A: “23AA. (1) The use of facial recognition technology, or any other cognate artificial intelligence technologies, in combination with information obtained as a result of the operation of an approved CCTV scheme shall be prohibited. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the use…

I move amendment No. 108: In page 52, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(v) the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,”.

I move amendment No. 109: In page 53, to delete line 22 and substitute the following: “(a) may, where obtained on foot of a valid search warrant, be admitted as evidence in criminal proceedings, and”.

I second the amendment.

I second both amendments from the Independent Group with regard to the guillotines. This is what the Minister, Deputy Harris, said about the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: I am here to engage in good faith. It will take the time that it takes, and we will work our way through it. I would not be so rude, as a Member of the Lower House, to try to tell the Upper House how to do its business. Those were the exact words of the Minister with regard to the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 in recent weeks.

We will join with the other groups with regard to the amendments seeking to remove the guillotines. I am disappointed that Senator Mullen has left the room. As a Member of-----

I say it in order for him to listen to my contribution, rather than to out him for having left the Chamber.

With power comes great responsibility. We all have very privileged positions. We talk about free speech and our responsibility, but for some reason we are talking about the mistreatment of individuals with power, privilege, voice and space on a committee, instead of talking about witnesses who had to leave committee rooms in tears. Who protects them? Where does the Oireachtas protect them and their experiences as laypeople coming in to our Houses, invited in to give us an insight into their very personal and privat…

On a point of order, there were no difficulties about how the committee business was done. Some of the narrative is not an accurate representation of events. All voices were heard at the committee.

I dispute the comparison with the repeal committee. The situation was the same at the surrogacy committee.

I do. I welcome the Minister of State back to the Chamber. I had spoken to the majority of the amendments when we finished last week on this section. I had not elaborated on amendment No. 62 so I will now speak briefly to that. Amendment No. 62 seeks to include the provision that a registration authority may enter the name of a person on the pending elector list for the register of electors of a constituency of Seanad Éireann in the scenario where the franchise is extended. Again, this seeks to incorporate the refo…

It is not appropriate to speak in the Chamber about people who are not here. It is not okay.

As it was brought up in reference to the Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill, which has been very well-supported by the Minister and by the Government and will be so again this evening, I wish to point out one slight difference in that the NDA Bill is legislation that will apply to all citizens, and I know that is an intersection with policy, whereas the reference Senator Higgins made was to policies, which can change from Government to Government and Minister to Minister. Even though l…

Put them into legislation with names.

Senator Higgins covered many of the amendments but I will pick up on the last point. The difference between equity and equality is a crucial conversation. Equality of opportunity means, for example, everybody has the right to apply to Trinity College Dublin. The equality of opportunity exists for everyone, but obviously that is not true. Equity is a much more targeted, aggressive approach to addressing the inequalities that exist in society by taking account of the inequality in a person's environment, background, …

Can we amend the Order of Business to add the time at the end?

I will speak to amendments Nos. 6 and 7 from my experience of being involved with student unions. What concerns me most about the idea that a student union would be recognised by the governing authority or the Minister is that the power imbalance that inadvertently creates can impact on the type of activism or issues that a given student union may take up if it is at complete odds with a governing body or Minister at the time. That might be due to third level funding, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, BDS, fees or any is…

Can we move for an extension to pick up the time?

The Minister has said-----