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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I agree. My worry, being blunt, concerns the discussion about the streaming levy, which was just €20 million, and there is almost a fear about that. A lot of it was cited as geopolitics. That is what I am asking. What should be the approach by the State? Should we be doing it, and what can be done at EU level? I get the witnesses' point about, with respect, the minnows competing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I want to come back to slightly different issues within the Bill. We have not touched on the question of podcasts. This is an example of how media is changing. Broadcasters are not just broadcasters. I probably listen to more The Irish Times podcasts than I spend time actually reading articles. Obviously, a lot of the provision within this is around that. It is a critical way of media...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Within this legislation, what about exclusive podcasts which use no other medium and are up there? I would argue the political-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I listen to Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates who regularly do shameless plugs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious of time because I want an answer from somebody on the question of the Press Council. This is very specifically provided within the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I realise that but I will just make this final point. This is why it is crucial in regards to misinformation and disinformation. If the Press Council is admitting purveyors of misinformation or disinformation or those who are pursuing a particular political agenda - whether this is coming from the far left or far right, to be blunt - this is critical to this because this is what the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the provision of appropriate accommodation for the children's disability network team at Gorey, County Wexford; if it will be located in the planned new primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by Ireland to support efforts to try to end Sudan's civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department or An Garda Síochána or the Office of Public Works or which agency has responsibility for the maintenance, the building, and the upgrading of Garda stations; to outline the process by which building or upgrading works on Garda stations is planned and actioned; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of civil servants employed across all Government Departments, by grade, for each of the years 2015 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that capitation payments per secondary-school student are significantly higher than those per primary-school student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that left school during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 without completing the Leaving Certificate or Leaving Certificate Applied; if there are any figures as to where those students went next; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on programmes to improve media literacy in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process used within his Department when directors/chief executives of agencies in the aegis of his Department seek re-appointment or an extension to their term of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Same-sex Marriage (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 723. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the ten years since the Marriage Equality Referendum; and if the Government intends to mark the anniversary. [21854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 796. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [32026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of roof repairs at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her Department's review of outdoor play areas in schools; the supports available to schools to enhance sports facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (12 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the threat by the Russian Ambassador to Ireland that "a day of reckoning" will face Ireland as a result of our support for Ukraine; if he has called in or made contact with the Ambassador to explain his remarks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/25]