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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I support the amendment. It would be good housekeeping to inform the Chair of the Oireachtas joint committee that a letter would be forwarded to it.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I support the comments of Senators Malcolm Byrne and Ward. As was said, we have a vast amount of experience within our local authorities. However, the legislation states that the person will cease to become a member if they are elected. They have the experience to be appointed a member of the commission, which is what we are looking for. If they are elected to public office, and, as was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (4 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, to the Chamber. This Commencement matter is on the provision of a new fire station in Ballymahon, County Longford, an area with which the Minister of State is very familiar. It is an issue I raised on the Order of Business in February. At present the fire station in Ballymahon is located in a hired out industrial estate in the middle of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (4 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State. Like him, I compliment all the staff of the fire services, not just in Longford but throughout the country, on all the good work they do and, in particular, the extra work they did in communities during the Covid pandemic. I thank the Minister of State for ensuring Ballymahon fire station has been included in the list for review. That is extremely positive...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I support the proposal. The proposed section 19A(2) states: The Panel shall advise the Commission on issues of interest to children and young people, on online safety, and on any other matters as the Commission may determine. That is the priority of this legislation. It is about safeguarding our youth. The best people to tell us where the problems lie are our young people. They are...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to briefly speak in support of my colleagues. I will also support them on Report Stage, if needs be. This is a soft amendment, as it has been said. It is there to enhance the legislation. We should not be in a situation whereby we hope that a commission that has not been appointed yet, and the members of which we do not know, might set up a committee that would take the views of...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I note amendments Nos. 65 and 67 where they specifically reference reports and discussions with the Oireachtas joint committee. That is very important. Senators Malcolm Byrne and Warfield and I were on that committee. We spent a significant number of months discussing with all of these companies.There is an expertise within the committee. There is merit in going back to the committee when...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Following on from the earlier contribution by Senator Pippa Hackett, I do not accept the comments made by her that turf burning days are numbered. Coming from a county where more than 20% of households use turf as fuel to keep people warm, and particularly people of the older generation, I do not believe it is acceptable to make a comment like that. As a county, the same as other midland...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I fully concur with the views of everyone here. I personally believe gambling should be banned but on the way this is stated, I note Senator Malcolm Byrne mentioned the national lottery, for which an exception must be made. It is regulated separately and is not a for-profit business. It is for good causes. We may have to look at the €160 million that was announced a number of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter. I know it is a situation of which he is very well aware. In the Athlone area and its environs, there are eight parents who do not have a school place for their children within the Athlone school area for next September. These eight children have been in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classes within primary school settings....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State and I compliment the Government on the work that it has done and, in particular, the work that has been done by the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, and the senior Minister, Deputy Foley, in providing a significant number of places, especially at primary level. We have a tsunami ahead of us because we have not created the places at post-primary level. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I concur with the comments of Senator Lombard in respect of Airbnb. It is an issue we have been skirting around for some time and it needs to be dealt with. A large number of hotels will struggle with occupancy levels as a result of the large number of Airbnbs. There is also the knock-on effect on the private rental market. It is an issue that needs to be addressed immediately. The issue...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Chairman very much. I apologise for being late. The witnesses are very welcome. I also wish Dr. May well in her new role. Apologies if this has already been mentioned but the witnesses spoke about codes of conduct within the national governing bodies across all sports. If any NGB or sporting body does not take on board these codes of conduct, do the witnesses think their...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Sports Ireland may respond on the code of conduct. The Federation of Irish Sport can respond on the sports dispute resolution as it comes under its remit.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I can understand the answer in that regard but if we are to have an independent robust mechanism for disputes, I do not think it is fair that someone could be left with the cost of defending himself or herself, no matter what sport or event it is. I do not think that is correct and it needs to be looked at.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I think Senator Cassels must be playing over-age when playing over-40s. First of all my apologies and my compliments to Ms O'Connor for coming here today. It was a very short period after having had the discussion on the issue for her to come back with concrete proposals. I concur with the comments of Senators Byrne and Cassells about the sports capital grants and the signage. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I rise today to concur with the comments of Senator Malcolm Byrne yesterday on the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, IABA. We need an independent review into that organisation. This issue has been brought to this floor on numerous occasions and has been spoken about at committees. A review was conducted by the same person who did the previous review a number of years ago. It was asked...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to touch on one area mentioned in the motion, which, naturally enough, is turbary rights and turf. I come from Longford where we had Lough Ree power station and Mount Dillon, which supplied the power station at Shannonbridge. Objections to planning permission for an extension of that caused both of those stations to close and, indeed, the turf production that was supplying them. As...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Those are the figures that are out there.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: The power stations shut down because of planning-----