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Seanad: Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome this Labour Party Bill, which was introduced by Senator Wall. Like him, I pay tribute to Senators Byrne and Cummins on their work. I welcome the thrust of the Bill and what is being proposed. The issue must be tackled across a range of areas. It is important that we be able to use technology to ensure successful convictions. We have discussed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: Broad-ranging issues have been discussed in the Chamber to mark International Women's Day, but one matter that is of particular importance to me from my previous job as a sports journalist is that of inequality in funding for women's sport. The disparity between women's and men's sport remains as large as ever and the efforts to address it are painfully slow. I pay tribute to Mary O'Connor,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: As we know, last week was a fantastic week for the Irish horse racing industry with the success at Cheltenham of so many trainers, with Rachael Blackmore becoming champion jockey and with Jack Kennedy landing the Gold Cup. Last week was also a bumper week for the bookmaker industry. Unlike other industries, which are despondent that their shops are shut, this was a godsend for the bookmaker...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister for coming here today to set out in detail what she has done right from the get-go, aided by her officials and Department, in helping the vital tourism and hospitality sector. The work of the tourism recovery task force, which addressed the Oireachtas committee, has been substantial and the interventions over the course of these horrific 12 months have been exceptional,...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. Also, I thank those who contacted us in the past day or two ahead of the meeting. We had the opportunity yesterday to raise some of these points, as I did, with the Minister with responsibility for tourism who was in the Seanad yesterday for a two-hour debate on issues relating to the hospitality and tourism measures. We were able to bring...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: I ask the Senator to address his remarks through the Chair.

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: Where living with Covid is concerned, I thank the Minister of State for the sterling work she has done in her sphere of responsibility, in particular for children with disabilities.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the witnesses this afternoon. I have three questions but I will leave most of my time for the witnesses to respond. I thank the group representatives for their work in the live music and events industry. Mr. Fitzgerald referred to the contractors, the crew and the support industry, which are not spoken about enough. He also touched on the support network with the hospitality...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Sharpe will be very welcome to Navan when it reopens. I will bring him to the nightclubs.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I will focus on some of the aspects Ms Quill addressed in her opening statement, such as the issue pertaining to the upper limit for financial sanctions. Under head 16a of the Bill, the upper sanction is €20 million or 10% of the relevant turnover. Can Ms Quill expand on the sanctions? While much of the debate has been on the social media platforms, the mainstream media are moving...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for attending today. I am conscious we only have five minutes and will focus most of my questions on the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, in respect of the sporting area, but I have an opening question for the Minister, Deputy Martin, in the tourism area. The Minister came to the Seanad last month and had a substantial debate with us on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: As spokesperson for sport for Fianna Fáil in the Seanad it is sad to hear the confirmation this morning, which we were expecting, that the UEFA European Championship games scheduled for Dublin will now not take place and instead will move to St. Petersburg and Wembley instead. On that theme of sport, we were engulfed in a furore this week with the proposals for a super league in soccer...

Seanad: Future of Gambling Regulation: Statements (23 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I am glad the Minister of State is here today for this discussion on gambling regulations. I am hopeful that he will act swiftly to take on the issues in this regard. It is a sector that, unfortunately, has free rein at this time. Without stringent protocols in place, it is wrecking the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, male and female, in this country. The industry...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the witnesses. Growth in women's sport has been exponential. I remember going to ladies' All-Ireland finals in the early 1990s when only the Hogan Stand was open and only 10,000 people might attend those games. We now have record crowds in excess of 56,000. To put it in context, it was the second biggest attendance for a ladies sporting event in the world that year, with only the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I had one question for each. In the two minutes I have left, I have questions addressed to Ms O'Rourke, Ms O'Connor and Ms McNulty on assets, finance and broadcasting, respectively.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: On the timeframe Ms O'Connor sees, there is perhaps a €1,000 difference per head in terms of the grants available per inter-county player. I seek a timeframe for trying to bridge that gap and making sure we get parity across the board.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: Maybe Ms McNulty would reply on the broadcasting.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: I thank Ms McNulty.

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Shane Cassells: It is great to have this debate this morning, when so much hope and positivity abounds and people are generally in better form because certainty has been brought to their lives.I am not sure whether the positive feelings go as far as to help me deal with the picture on the front of theIrish Daily Mirrorthis morning that greeted me in Centra on Westland Row when I went in to get my newspaper,...