I move amendment No. 2:
In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:
“(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “which is comprised of a share of any and all payments collected or collectable by or on behalf of the copyright owner under section 38(1) after deduction of justifiable and documented costs of collection” for “where the sound recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualify…
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I move amendment No. 3:
In page 3, to delete lines 16 to 32, and in page 4, to delete lines 1 to 14 and substitute the
following:
“(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (4), (5) and (6):
“(4) Subject to subsections (5) to (9), and unless otherwise agreed by or on behalf of the persons by and to whom it is payable the amount of equitable remuneration payable under this section to the…
The likelihood of somebody returning a year later is as unlikely as somebody taking a case in the first place, unless they have money behind them. That is one of the issues when we resort to the courts. It is not as simple as that. I accept that an individual can take a case but even if a person represents himself or herself where there is a grievance, he or she usually requires legal advice. Legal advice at differen…
It is just strange. All of the other disputes concerning licensing arrangements under the Act will continue to be dealt with by the controller. That also seems to stray into adjudication. That is the concern. Only one part of dispute resolution is being shifted from the controller to the courts. Disputes under section 38 will still be dealt with by the controller. A difficulty arises under the doctrines of res judica…
I move amendment No. 6:
In page 4, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:
“(d) by the insertion of a new subsection (11):
“(11) The calculation of equitable remuneration due to each individual performer shall be carried out in accordance with subsection (4) by a licensing body for performers’ rights registered under section 280 in respect of a scheme that includes management of the right to equitable re…
The Minister of State said these amendments are outside the scope of the Bill. Obviously they are not because they have not been ruled out of order. They have been found to be in order. The matter is within the scope of the Bill because we are talking about CMOs representing both the producers and the performers. Part of this has to do with who represents the unrepresented, those who have opted out of the CMOs and wh…
I could go on and on.
I am trying not to delay. As the Act is currently structured, a producers' CMO is put in control of the collection of licence fees to be shared with performers, not all of whom will be represented. In circumstances where the Act does not give performers' CMOs an ability to carry out extended collective licensing, and in the absence of an arrangement between the producers' CMO and the performers' CMO, the producers' C…
I move amendment No. 7:
In page 4, to delete lines 19 to 36.
I move amendment No. 8:
In page 4, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:
“Amendment of section 280 of Principal Act
4.Section 280 of the Principal Act is amended by—
(a) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (g) of subsection (6):
“and
(h) where the scheme is intended to include and to be operated not only on behalf of rightsowners who have authorised the applicant to manage the k…
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…
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…
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 …
133. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he will publish the report of Professor Niamh Brennan into governance and culture at the Arts Council; and the timetable for the implementation of the recommendations within that report. [4113/26]
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 t…
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 respo…
143. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is concerned by the lack of space for arts and culture in Dublin city centre; the efforts, if any, and his plans to support a space for arts and culture in the area in light of recent developments affecting The Complex venue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4121/26]
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 dev…
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 that at this stage that the Department purchase The Complex. However, there is a need that a gr…
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.