Results 181-189 of 189 for speaker:Alison Comyn
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: Is it particularly connected to LOITV at any stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: I have one quick, mischievous question. Does the weather in Ireland have any kind of correlation with a bump in viewership? Are people staying away from stadiums and turning on the TV when there is bad weather?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: I thank all the witnesses very much for coming in. As a journalist of three decades, before I took on a new career as a Senator, I understand the challenges that we have had and the challenges that we face. I have had connections with the NUJ and Séamus Dooley and Trevor Keegan over the years. However, I presume there will not be a conflict of interest. As a former mother of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: I thank Mr. Kane. We are very short on time. I understand the point. We might move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: I do not know if anyone else wants to come in on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: The only thing I would observe is that many local and regional presses would have closed down if it were not for the introduction of the likes of the local democracy positions. There is a fine balance between whether one closes or not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: Would it be the same with GAA+?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: This past Sunday, like many of my Oireachtas colleagues, I had the honour to attend the National Day of Commemoration at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. It was a really moving and dignified ceremony remembering all those who died in past wars and on service with the UN and honouring all who have served in our Defence Forces. While I stood there, I found myself thinking not just of those we...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: I want to raise an issue of serious concern today that was reported by one of my former colleagues, Mr. John Kierans, in the Drogheda Independent this week relating to ambulance cover in Drogheda and the wider north-east region. Paramedics quoted in the article say that Drogheda is regularly left without a local ambulance as crews are being dispatched long distances for non-urgent calls that...