Results 3,161-3,180 of 6,542 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a different kettle of fish but I accept we are now looking at issues we were not looking at to the same degree. We are in an age of asymmetrical warfare, hybrid operations and cyber. The Russian state has always had a particular relationship with certain actions. We have all had to access our personal security and those pieces need to be dealt with. It crosses over into the two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is the wider thing in relation to the European Union. When we are talking about protection of democracy, the biggest protection we need to look at is that the door has been left open for the likes of Marine Le Pen and other people across Europe because there are a huge number of people on the periphery who feel they have been left behind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is a lot of bad politics playing into that but mainstream politics has not delivered for people economically. If we are intent on defending democracy, we have to make the world a better place for all in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask about the algorithms because that is a wider issue in how we deal with peripherality, people on the margins and poverty. I do not think Ms Jourová will deal with that in the next four minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is over a third.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They say of Facebook that you only know how the algorithm works for you and nobody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Undoubtedly so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Frances Haugen and others have looked at trying to create within a virtual world how some of these social media algorithms work, and it is only at that point a determination in the rules can be made. Within GDPR, there are those pieces of information that cannot be used wrongly that relate to race, sexual orientation etc. One last-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: European Council Rule of Law Report 2022 and Rule of Law Situation in Ireland: Engagement with Ms Vra Jourová (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is absolutely unfair, but however.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We would all agree that we would want to see investment for the continuity of section 481 to build the industry. We want to see sustainable, good jobs in a vibrant industry. Production companies will make section 481 applications. The designated activity company, DAC, is a special purpose vehicle where the money can be put. It deals with the ins and outs and all the operations relating to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am sorry to interrupt. It was presented to us as a difficulty by Equity since this meant people were no longer getting the payments they would have got previously.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If Mr. Hickey says they have an issue where they are not getting the-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They are not getting the residuals like they would previously. That relates to the types of contracts they are signing up to.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Maybe that needs to be looked at later.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is Mr. Hickey saying that the commentary here last week was unfair?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: So there is a difficulty. Some of that has come from workers, crew members and Irish Equity. They do not believe that they are represented in the bodies that are here or by Screen Ireland, which will attend. Whether that is right or wrong, that is the belief. I will follow up on an issue that Deputy Boyd Barrett dealt with. There was an accusation of blacklisting. It is easy to see...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is Ms Kirby saying that she thinks the industry development test is being dealt with and that we have an ecosystem that is providing sustainable, good quality employment? They are refuting that that is the case.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They are not here. I refer to the people who spoke here last week and a number of others who have made contact. Is Ms Kirby saying that we have what we are looking for from section 481, which is to have a sustainable industry that provides good quality employment.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Someone might deal with the issue of the ratios and the blacklisting.