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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Importance of Airplay in Promoting Irish Music: Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland (22 Nov 2023)

Shane Cassells: Finally, should the strategy and the bursary come from the Department or the sector?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2023)

Shane Cassells: I join the Leas-Chathaoirleach and Deputy Leader in welcoming the ambassador and his staff. I wish them well and thank them for their service. I note the comments made by the egotistical billionaire owner of the social media platform X, or Twitter, this morning. He made an expletive-ridden rant attacking his own advertisers who are leaving the platform in their droves and taking their...

Seanad: The Royal Hibernian Academy (Amendment of Charter) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2023)

Shane Cassells: Next Tuesday at 11 a.m.

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: I also welcome Councillor Dermot Lacey who I have always admired. I thank my County Meath colleague Senator Keogan and all of our colleagues for tabling this motion and having this important debate this evening. I have always been a great advocate for local government in this Chamber and elsewhere. It is a topic I am passionate about. I spent 17 years as a councillor. I was first elected...

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Through the Chair.

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Before I call on the proposer to reply, I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery Martin O'Reilly, Michael O’Grady and Mike Carty, who are all guests of Senator Ahearn. I welcome them and hope they have a lovely evening in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Meath people stick together. I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery members of the family of Barry Ryan, Superintendent of the Houses of the Oireachtas Barry Ryan. They are very welcome. I thank Mr. Ryan for his work. I hope they have a pleasant evening in the Oireachtas. I thank Members for their contributions in respect of what has been a very engaging motion. I thank the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: The 999 service in Ireland operates from two towns, namely, Navan and Ballyshannon. The ECAS service as it is known, the emergency call answering service, is provided under State contract by BT Ireland. In the last year and a half, the workers in Navan and Ballyshannon joined the Communications Workers Union to try to improve their workplace conditions across a number of areas. I have met...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: I welcome all the witnesses. I am going to start with Mr. Bonner, who has been waiting patiently. He is an independent member of the board, is that correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: What is Mr. Bonner's opinion on the withholding of the information by the former chair, Mr. Roy Barrett, to the full board of the FAI in respect of the Sport Ireland investigation and suspension of funding?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Does Mr. Bonner think it was wrong?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Okay. I want to touch on that board meeting. In the summary of the KOSI report that has been supplied to the committee members here, it also touched on the fact that the audit followed on from a previous audit conducted for Sport Ireland in respect of the financial year 2021. It concluded that in the financial year, the condition was not embedded within the FAI. When was Mr. Bonner aware...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: None?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Of this year?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Okay, so just to recap: Mr. Bonner, as a board member, was not told about the failure to comply with the MOU in 2021 until two years later on 1 November 2023, by which time he was also made aware of a second breach in a row, which resulted in a suspension of funding of €6.8 million?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Okay. Ms Joyce stated an hour ago here that the breaches were unintentional. They cannot have been unintentional. There was a request, and there was a payment. It breached the MOU, and critically, Ms Joyce's advice to the chair was that it was not good practice and she would not recommend it, and he was so advised. So it was not unintentional. The only reason it stopped is because an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: That is good. He has signed it on page 3 but the man who signed the Government MOU said here at 2.30 p.m. that he did not read it. I want to bring Mr. Hill back to last November when staff received an email from one of his colleagues in the HR department reminding them that all holidays had to be taken by the end of December, and that only five days could be carried into 2023. Did Mr....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: So do I but I am just asking if Mr. Hill got that email.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: He does not recollect getting that email advising the staff? If another member of staff told Mr. Hill - as his or her boss - that he or she did not recall getting that email from him, would that be acceptable? Let us presume he did get the email. He said that he read the handbook concerning the rules on holiday pay. Let us get to the heart of this because Mr. Hill said today that in...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Who was who?