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Seanad: Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: That is a perfectly reasonable thing to do and for the Bill to go through the various legislative steps and processes. There are ten of them all together before it would have to be signed into law. I am sure it could look just spiffing if we were to allow it got to go through all of that and to get the robust review and examination that any legislation should. We will certainly support it....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is always great to talk about arts and creative spaces and how we can promote that. I have a couple of questions. I reached out through my own arts network of people I know who work or used to work in community arts and for whatever reason have not continued to do so. We all know far too many of those people unfortunately, whether due to Covid-19...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I was not looking at the Arts Council delegation specifically.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Great.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I echo Senator Wall's comments thanking our colleague, Senator Sherlock, for the work she has done on this legislation and overall for apprentices and workers. It is an indictment of how we treat apprentices that they are not included in minimum wage legislation. For the first couple of years of some apprenticeships, the pay can be as low as €6.84 or €8.45, which is far off...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses. I was watching proceedings on the monitor and I said I would come down. It is nice to be in the committee room and not running around the place. I wanted to ask about transportation infrastructure because it is such a key area. I know we are talking about getting tourists into areas, but even as part of moving to a green economy, transport is an issue for staff,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Great job. I will follow up on that. It is something that comes up when we talk about skills shortages. I am thinking of people I know who feel they are languishing for six months. They are itching to be able to participate and have skill sets, not just in this sector but across multiple sectors that are crying out for experienced people. There is all this bad rep that goes flying around...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I will ask one more question. The Seanad is dealing with a Bill relating to apprentices later and the struggle some places have to recruit them because the potential apprentice cannot get accommodation where there is recruitment. It underlines absolutely-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Great. I will bring that up in the Seanad at 6.30 p.m. The need for a central repository of advice for this greening programme was talked about. As everyone associates us with green, Ireland has an incredible opportunity to be that green tourist destination. I was struck by what Mr. Fenn said regarding people who are at different levels and the different levels of support. When we talk...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: It is just because Ms Fitzgerald Kane mentioned the repository.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: On that, I have actually written down that contributing to the betterment of the places one visits is becoming quite an attractive concept for people.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses. I am particularly interested in coach tourism. I often see coaches going around, doing things. It was great to hear that perspective. It was said that a coach gets 30 cars off the road. In the earlier session, there was the question of how we enable more people to access cars. There is obviously a transport issue. These are similar questions to the previous...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I remember driving from Cork to Donegal once and the suspension was gone on my car. I felt like I had gone to Mars and back. By the time I landed, I felt like I had been blown backwards. I did not know what had hit me. I have a couple of follow-on questions. Mr. Connick talked about perception and stuff like that. Have our guests any comments on the perception of what it is like to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I did not even know the technology is not quite where it needs to be in that sector.