I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 281 of Principal Act 4. Section 281 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “otherwise authorised it, as specified in that certificate” for “exclusively licensed it, as specified in that certificate”.”.

I move amendment No. 10: In page 5, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 288 of Principal Act 5. Section 288 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of “, or, it is incorporated in a sound recording which qualifies for copyright protection under Part II of this Act” after “this Chapter”.”. This discrete additional amendment to section 281 is to address the way the Bill, as proposed, is not yet compliant with EU law on the shared right to equitable remuneration under Article…

I welcome the fact that the Minister of State is taking on board that there may be a need for further examination. In some ways, when you put amendments, you hope you are proven right but you are also hoping you are proven wrong because that means the officials and those who are better at drawing up legislation have covered the angles where, on this side of the House, we sometimes see an issue, and have tried to plug a hole that has been exposed. In this instance, I am more confident in these amendments than some o…

I admit like everybody else it is a complex area in some ways. That is why some of the explanations to the amendments can sometimes be a bit convoluted because it is a difficult area of law. As the Minister of State pointed out, it is trying to ensure that we transpose into law the full effects of an EU directive and that we get it right. In this instance, I do not think we have got it right. We did not get it right in the past. That is why we are at this stage. We are addressing failures in the past. We may be bac…

I welcome that there is already a set timetable in terms of the recommendations for the Arts Council and the Minister's Department but the report itself goes beyond the Department and some of it is cross-cutting. The report was commissioned by the Minister and I take the opportunity to thank Professor Brennan and her team for publishing it. It identifies a lot of issues, some of which have already been addressed in the Arts Council and some of which have already been addressed, as far as I know, in the Department. …

One of the key points that jumped out at me, given the context of other failed IT programmes, is that the report emphasised that a multiplicity of public service bodies of a similar scale to the Arts Council should be better supported from within the public sector when it comes to undertaking projects akin to the Arts Council project. There is a challenge there for the Government as a whole. The Minister is not responsible for this but I urge him to use the opportunity at Cabinet, when the report comes up, to remin…

It is concerning that there is no strategy for the arts spaces infrastructure and that we do not have an arts capital fund such as the sports capital fund and at that scale to address what is happening around the country, not just in Dublin, where large and small arts venues are closing. Many of those arts centres are in buildings that are semi-derelict or in precarious rental agreements. When the money comes for development of apartments or the like they are the first to go. Given our reputation as a country that …

I will not get into the finances of Dublin City Council and the problem that most of the funding that is meant to go to Dublin City Council sometimes does not end in Dublin City Council especially when you take into consideration the property tax that disappears out of Dublin. Having said that, I was not necessarily asking at this stage that the Department purchase The Complex. However, there is a need that a greater fund be available, not just for Dublin City Council, but also for Galway council. There are other a…

It has not reduced it this year.

It is going from the Government.

I was never a Dublin city councillor.

Tá an chéad dá leasú as ord.

Amendments Nos. 3 and 15 are related and will be discussed together.

Tá leasaithe Uimh. 4 and 11 gaolta agus beidh siad á phlé le chéile.

Tá leasaithe Uimh. 5 and 12 gaolta agus beidh siad á phlé le chéile.

Leasaithe Uimh. 6 and 13 gaolta le chéile agus beidh siad á phlé le chéile.

Bogfaidh muid ar aghaidh anois go dtí leasú Uimh. 7. Tá leasuithe Uimh. 7 agus 14 gaolta le chéile. Tagann siad as plé sa choiste agus pléifear iad le chéile.

Bogfaidh muid ar aghaidh go dtí leasú Uimh. 8. Tá leasuithe Uimh. 8 agus 16 gaolta le chéile agus pléifear iad le chéile. Tagann siad as plé a bhí againn sa choiste.

Tá leasú Uimh. 9 geallta le leasú Uimh. 17. Pléifear iad le chéile. Tagann siad as plé a bhí againn sa choiste.

Amendment No. 10 has been ruled out of order because it is in conflict with the principle of the Bill.