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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all the witnesses for their statements and their work. I wish Age & Opportunity the best of luck with the Bealtaine Festival as well. We have run a bit over time. We have approximately 20 minutes left for questions and answers. There are four-minute time slots. I will be a little generous but I ask members to bear the time in mind. It is four minutes for questions and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I do not mean to be rude and interrupt but I am conscious of time so we can get everybody in. I ask the witnesses to give brief answers.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am sorry but I am conscious of time and we have two other members of the committee and Deputy Ó Snodaigh to come in. I ask members to keep their questions as concise as possible.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Who would like to take that question? Contributors can be relatively succinct in their answers.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious that Dr. Byrne wants to come in. She may have a brief second because I need to get to other questions.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: That is okay. Let me see if I can get back to you, because I am conscious that I need to get to Senator Hoey. I want to get the Senator in before that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: We are well over time but I will allow the witnesses to wrap up. The purpose of these meetings is to inform the committee in the context of its producing a report on the development of local and community arts. What are the recommendation of the witnesses in respect of accessibility to local and community arts for older people or people with a disability? That need not necessarily focus on...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious of the point made by Mr. Kearns, which may help to influence our thinking. If the witnesses have examples of good practice, it would be helpful for them to be shared with the secretariat.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious that we are well over time. I thank the witnesses for what has been a fruitful and useful discussion and their input into the report. If they have examples we could use, I ask them to please share those with the secretariat. I thank them for their time. The committee will now suspend to allow the next group of witnesses to come in.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: The committee is considering the development of local and community arts. As part of our consideration, we are looking at the area of arts and cultural diversity, including intercultural arts. At the end of our deliberations, we will produce a report with recommendations on how we can enhance participation in local, community and voluntary artistic activity. This meeting has been convened...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am sorry to interrupt but I must ask you to finish now so that the other speakers will have time to present.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank Ms Costa Sa. I call Mr. Collins from Pavee Point.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank Mr. Collins very much. Finally, we have Ms Sapielak from the Centre for Creative Practices.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all the witnesses. As I said, the focus is on local and community arts. Each of the Deputies and Senators will now have four minutes for questions and answers. I will, therefore, ask people to be relatively succinct in their answers. The first speaker is Deputy Munster

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: There are three questions and just one minute left. I will allow some latitude but I ask witnesses to be succinct.

Seanad: National Parks: Broadcasting Sector (23 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank him for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin. We are looking at the future funding of public sector broadcasting. This has been one of the proverbial cans that has been kicked down the road.In November 2017, there was a report on the future funding of...

Seanad: National Parks: Broadcasting Sector (23 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I always worry when I read the phrase, "as soon as practicable", in a response, because it is frequently used when reports have been kicked down the road for a long period. The difficulty is that the issue is not new. We have known this for a long time and yet, we have seen how RTÉ and other broadcasters and media have performed a very good public sector function, not just during the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Yesterday evening, my Wicklow-based colleague, Senator Casey, and I took the 8.05 p.m. train from Dublin Connolly to Gorey. It is the first time a late evening train has served the Rosslare route. It is very welcome and I hope Irish Rail will continue to provide later services not just on the Rosslare line, but right around the country. Today, I will praise Michelle O'Neill. The Michelle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Mr. Geary made an enormous contribution to the Irish Sign Language Act for the deaf community. I will put that on the record, because the deaf community had been championing recognition for sign language as one of the languages of the State, along with Irish and English, for four decades. Members of the deaf community were not able to access State services or be treated the same as other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am not a member of this committee and I am grateful to the Chair for allowing me in. I have engaged with Mr. Geary previously, but I had to come down to thank him for all of his work. I hope, as I am sure Mr. Geary does, no other parent would have to go through the fight he did for Calum. There is a question with regard to the approach of lawyering-up taken by Departments. This is a...