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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I now invite Mr. James Hickey, chief executive officer of the Irish Film Board to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I apologise to Mr. Hickey, but I must suspend the sitting as a vote has been called in the Dáil. We will resume after it. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I apologise to Mr Hickey for interrupting his opening statement and ask him to continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank all of the witnesses for their opening statements. I have a number of questions before I call on members. I will start with the Irish Film Board. I ask Mr. Hickey to flesh out the proposal with regard to contributions or levies on broadcasters and other content users in terms of funding the Irish Film Board. How does that work internationally? Are there any comparisons? I note...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Perhaps Mr. Esslemont might respond to the question on the level of co-operation between Irish broadcasters and how TG4 might tap into a younger audience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Could Mr. James Hickey reflect on the licence fee and how it operates internationally? In his statement he referred to Film4 and BBC Films. Maybe it is an opportunity for him to talk about the Irish film channel and where it is at.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Two questions have not been answered. When will the plan for RTE be published? With regard to the importance of funding, what are the witnesses' views on a commercial charge? Perhaps it is a political question but maybe the witnesses have a view on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: What about the commercial TV licence? Does any of the witnesses want to comment on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: The evasion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: To recap, the questions for RTE are, the Brexit effect on broadcasting, the regional policy of RTE, the future of digital content and how it is proposed to adapt to it, how it is proposed to deal with Facebook and Google and fees to presenters, content and how we recover money invested in that regard, the opt-out clause in terms of advertising and the Brexit affect of being outside the Single...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Would Mr. Esslemont like to respond on behalf of TG4?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Who would like to respond to the questions regarding the opt-out advertising clause, the Brexit affect of being outside the Single Market?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: There was a query about the fees paid to presenters and how we could get some of the money back from multinationals such as Google and Facebook.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank all of the delegates for coming. It has been a very informative session. We hope to engage with the delegates in a more public forum. In the new year the committee will look at how it should engage with the public on the funding model for public service broadcasting. I propose that the committee publish the submissions received for this meeting....
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and their comprehensive opening statements. I would like to direct my questions to Dr. Pat Nash, clinical director of the Saolta group. University Hospital Galway has been frequently on code black and a maximum capacity protocol has been implemented on a number of occasions recently. As stated by Mr. Power in his opening statement, the Saolta...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Could Dr. Nash tell us the average length or rate of stay at University Hospital Galway and comment on the move from the Merlin Park site to University Hospital Galway, the reduction and whether, in hindsight, this was a retrograde step? Could he give the view of his colleagues - senior clinicians at University Hospital Galway - about the need for a new hospital?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Do the witnesses agree that there should be an independent review of bed numbers?
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Bed Capacity (9 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I accept that significant advancements have been made in the quality of care provided at University Hospital Galway since 2006. However, the Minister of State will accept that the crisis facing the hospital is one of capacity, not quality. There can be little criticism of the standard of care provided for patients in Galway once they are...
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Bed Capacity (9 Nov 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Minister of State for taking this issue. The Minister for Health will be aware of the serious difficulties that have faced patients and staff at University Hospital Galway, UHG, in recent years. I will not go over all the challenges again, save to say that it is among the worst performing hospitals in terms of accident and emergency waiting times and inpatient and outpatient...