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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes, and we can see what response we receive to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Did the Chairman say it was 20 May when we sought correspondence seeking clarification and to date we have nothing back?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: On 14 June. I was going to say it would have been well over a month ago. The handling of Galway 2020 seems to have caused quite a degree of concern across various quarters and stakeholders. It is my understanding we saw a budget of some €25 million of taxpayers' money spent and many people in Galway are asking what they received in return. In the meantime, the project seems to have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: That was just over a week ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: The Chairman said the correspondence was issued on 14 June. Have we not sent correspondence prior to that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I thought we would have.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes. That is fair enough. I could be wrong but I thought we would have sent correspondence earlier than 14 June.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: This person has written to us to express his frustration. As he sees it nothing has been done off the back of concerns he had raised with the OPW and the procedures costing the taxpayers money. I suggest we could share his frustration. He initially raised concerns going back to 2014 and given we have been waiting the best part of a year for the OPW to arrange a call with the landlord of...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Media in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I will keep my questions brief, given the time limit. What kind of examination did the commission carry out with regard to the licence fee, other than the thematic dialogue that took place in March? Did it speak to experts in other jurisdictions, for example, regarding their approach? What other work was done with Irish experts, etc., when looking at the issue? The issue of advertising...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Media in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: We have not touched on the answers to the other two questions. Could I get short answers to my other questions?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: In 2019, the then Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, indicated that he would be putting the licence fee out to tender. Can Ms Quill explain what became of that proposal? Has it made it into the Bill? Is it now completely off the table?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: We had correspondence from the Minister about the Bill at the earlier part of our meeting. It said that the Bill would hopefully be published by the end of July. Can Ms Quill confirm if it is due to be published by the end of July?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I wonder how this will be possible if the committee has not published a report on its prelegislative scrutiny. What is the timeline for the report?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Yes. If the Minister now says that the Bill will be published towards the end of July, and if the committee has not published a report on its prelegislative scrutiny by then, will we have a situation where prelegislative scrutiny is completely pointless, if the Minister and the Government are going to publish the Bill without taking the committee's views into account?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: It might be no harm for the committee to get confirmation from the Minister that our report on our prelegislative scrutiny of the Bill will be taken into consideration before the Bill is published. Otherwise, this whole exercise will be a total waste of time. I have a final question. Did the Department liaise with stakeholders and interest groups around the changes that are being made to...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: Could we seek clarification on whether the option of seeking a waiver is still available at this point to the Minister?