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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider increasing the weekly earnings disregard for disability allowance recipients as when using the benefit of work estimator (details supplied) recipients seem to have less take home now post budget than before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7804/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who claimed jobseeker's benefit for self-employed and exhausted that benefit, is treated differently from a person who claimed jobseeker's benefit and exhausted that benefit when applying for the benefit for 65 year-olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fire Safety (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any regulations surrounding fire retardancy on furniture goods sold in Ireland and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7483/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I ask for the establishment of a pot of money or fund to help develop local authority-owned piers and harbours throughout the country. At present, there is a Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine fund of approximately €5 million per annum. This basically means those piers and harbours have to fight for scraps from the table in order to do any enhancement works. There was an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and her team for coming in today. Coming back to the "Prime Time" interview on Thursday night, if that is okay, I watched it back before coming in here to remind myself of how it went down and what was said. It did seem to me that the Minister was very forthcoming with the answer when Miriam O'Callaghan put it to her about the role of the board in terms of oversight of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In terms of the conversation that was had with the researcher prior to going on air and going live, did you agree a wording that Miriam would put to you in terms of the question about the knowledge of the board and the oversight? Was it teed up in a certain way that you felt comfortable with?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay, it was not teed up, there was not an agreed wording such that if they asked you in a particular way, you would respond in a certain way. It was just that it was flagged with you that it was going to be-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Do you regret now being so open and honest about it and being so forthcoming with the information live on air, considering what has happened since?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I know, but all politicians are accused of being experts at evading questions. That accusation is given to us quite often, which is fair enough.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Perhaps, and that is potentially a different debate.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Let me put it this way. Would it have been better, when the question was put to you to give detail about conversations with Ms Ní Raghallaigh and the fact that you were misinformed, to have said that very important information was emerging which necessitated a meeting with the chair of the board, who was then Siún Ní Raghallaigh, that the meeting was happening the next day and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: So after you had found out she had been misinformed on both Coveney's and Collins's exit packages, you requested this meeting with Siún Ní Raghallaigh prior to the "Prime Time" interview and she declined that meeting or said it should not happen.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Seeking a meeting?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: How did that communication happen?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Phone calls? Okay. She was not willing to receive a letter or she felt that-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay, that is extraordinary.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Do you think she would have been unwilling to meet, or had she actually agreed to the meeting on the Friday at the point you went on "Prime Time"?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Had she changed her mind? Had she agreed to the meeting?