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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Quite frankly, this is a farcical response. Governments, courts and businesses all over the world are conducting their business via videoconference and the OPW seems to be saying that it is unable to do so. All the while, the taxpayer is continuing to overpay for the OPW's mistake. For months, the OPW has been telling us that it would shortly be engaging with the landlord. It is...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: The response from Caranua represents more of the same in terms of what we have come to expect from it. The survivors provided Caranua with permission to engage with us at the last committee hearing and Caranua acknowledged in that committee that it was familiar with those cases. I am not at all satisfied with the Department's response either. It appears to be hiding behind the same...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes. Caranua had also received correspondence from the survivors informing it that they had given members of the committee permission to speak on their individual cases.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Are we dealing with No. 481?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I am okay on that one.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I thank the Chairman. Briefly, as time has elapsed, can the committee write to the Department seeking an update on and a timeframe for the report? The correspondence is good in the sense that it is confirmation that the Department will carry out a review or an investigation into the matters that were raised by the committee with regard to strange and questionable financial practices within...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Deputy Carthy has covered my points.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: On the correspondence we have received from RTÉ, it appears that RTÉ is being very selective in its responses. Many other questions were posed to the witnesses that they have not responded to. I understand that this current response is separate from the follow-up information, as the Chairman said, but I cannot see why many of the more serious matters raised are not addressed. At...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I hoped the committee would have received that response very promptly. A response to the question posed about how much the bill paid to Revenue was could have been included in the correspondence today. I found it astounding that when initially asked if they were aware of a forthcoming bill from Revenue for the self-employment contracts, or whether RTÉ had received a bill, twice we were...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: There is no reason we should not have had it.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: It seems Tusla makes full and extensive use of the procurement services available to it via the HSE. May I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General what he thinks of its percentage turnover that is non-compliant? It appears quite substantial.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: No, I am satisfied.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Many of the questions I planned to ask have been asked already. I will put my first question to Dr. Culloty in relation to her call for a media plurality commissioner, which seems a very positive proposal. The remit suggested in her submission is very broad, but she makes the point that many of these functions are already under the remit of the BAI. Can Dr. Culloty discuss the remit she...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Dr. Culloty also put forward in her submission the idea of requiring online platforms catering for children to fund a portion of prevention and intervention measures. Most people would agree that makes sense. Can Dr. Culloty tell us what that will look like, very briefly? Is she talking about a levy on a percentage of profits?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: In relation to Dr. Karen McAuley's points, Professor O'Mahony stated that the single biggest weakness in the Bill was the lack of an individual complaints mechanism. Two weeks ago, representatives from the BAI and the Data Protection Commission appeared before the committee. They flagged the lack of resources. The option at the moment is to hold platforms accountable. It has been done in...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: My question is for Professor O'Mahony. He mentioned that financial harm was not covered in the general scheme of the Bill and discussed the statistics on the number of teenagers engaged in gambling annually but I would like to mention the importance of definitions of concepts such as pornography and gross or gratuitous violence. Does he have any comments or recommendations in that regard?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: There are concerns in the hospitality industry that a two-tier industry is emerging based on the reopening plan signed off by the Government. Hotels and guest houses will be able to operate indoor dining from the first day they open on 2 June. Restaurants and pubs that serve food and cafes will operate outdoor dining only from 7 June, with no date for indoor dining. The industry is also...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (13 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: 228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant programmes available to sports clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25237/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: I want to touch on data centres, if I may. We know they are a vital piece of modern global infrastructure but it seems to many that Ireland is becoming a hub for these and it is unwelcome. When we take into account they take up vast tracts of land and use large amounts of water and electricity and contribute to our emissions count, they are not often seen as contributing much to the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: Does An Bord Pleanála accept we have approximately 66 data centres at present but there are more than 100 if we include those under construction. Is this correct?