Results 2,541-2,560 of 3,444 for speaker:Shane Cassells
- Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: I understand Senator Eugene Murphy proposes to share time with Senator Paul Daly. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: As we have no other Members offering we will pass to the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth. He is very welcome and he has 15 minutes.
- Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: I really welcome the National Transport Authority's Draft Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042, which was published today. We have been a long time waiting for this. From the perspective of Navan and Meath, to read the line "The existing rail network in the GDA will be extended by the provision of a new rail line from the M3 Parkway [...] to Navan town" is just fantastic. It is...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. Mr. Kirwan said in his opening statement that the IABA is a volunteer-led organisation and has been for a long time. Much of today's discourse has focused on finding the balance between the volunteer-led side and the high performance side. I refer to overall expenditure, and the audited accounts for 2019, which amounted to €3.3 million. How...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: That covers everything, including staff, employees etc.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: My question was very specific in terms of how much support was provided to boxers.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: That was in 2021.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: How many boxers were supported by the €328,000?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: Are we talking about a dozen or two dozen?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: Looking at figures from a decade ago, nearly €600,000 was spent on 44 boxers. That is my point in terms of the focus on expenditure.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: That is the nub of the question. As regards the focus, was it the wrong decision to focus on the elite side rather than also on the wide diaspora of the membership?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: I refer to harnessing that success. Any major sporting organisation would use it in the context of the commercial side. Mr. Kirwan stated boxing is a minority sport. How much is being taken in through sponsorship from the major sponsors who are backing the sport?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: Mr. Kirwan cited the senior championships as the pinnacle of the sport. They are something I remember from when I was a kid. What is the status in terms of the sponsorship of those championships?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: Is there a problem attracting sponsorship towards the senior championships in the context of the participation of the elite boxers in the championships?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: I am asking it as a follow-up.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: That is not happening and it is undermining the sport Mr. Kirwan is promoting. It harms the potential for sponsorship. It is a bit like the IRFU forgetting about its club game, which suffered and diminished as a result. Is that happening within the sport of boxing?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Governance in Irish Athletic Boxing Association: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Shane Cassells: There was controversy in that regard. Why was it initially decided not to proceed with that but then decided to go ahead?