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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Media Commission Report: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I have one final issue to raise, if I have time. It relates to the various implementation groups. I know there is a list of names on one of the documents we got but can we be furnished with information on the make-up, timelines and all of that sort of thing and with updates on the work as it progresses? Can we get that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Media Commission Report: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yes, please.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Media Commission Report: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: That is great. I thank the Minister.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Media Commission Report: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yes. It is just so that we are aware of who is in charge of what, who is looking after given things, timeframes and all of that kind of thing.

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: We are putting forward this motion at a time when energy poverty is at its highest-ever recorded rate. We are also in the midst of the biggest energy crisis we have faced in a generation with home energy and fuel costs going through the roof as we head into winter. The Government's totally inadequate retrofitting schemes are compounding the energy crisis. More than 9,000 households are...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this Bill, which has been a long time coming. Those of us who are members of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media have spent the past couple of years working on the Bill, particularly during the pre-legislative scrutiny process, and I am happy that it is finally progressing to the Dáil. The Bill was amended in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: My first question is for Mr. O'Loughlin and it is on CCTV footage. Horse Racing Ireland announced on its website in 2017 that CCTV was to be installed. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board diverted the funding in 2018. Last November, Mr. O'Loughlin told the committee that it would be done at the end of the year. In April, he said it would be done mid-autumn. We have received a response...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: At this stage, five years on, how many or what percentage of the racecourses have the job done with cameras set up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: How many have the cameras up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Only two out of the 25 have been done five years on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: People would be forgiven for having the impression that there is reluctance given the delay to have CCTV installed. Will Mr. O'Loughlin accept that? People might think that with a delay of five years. When I say there has been one excuse after another it speaks for itself. Dates have constantly been given. Mr. O'Loughlin said there is ducting to be done. In any job there is work to be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Why the stalling of CCTV?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: There has been absolute stalling. There has been one excuse after another.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: The funding meant for this project was diverted in 2018. Do not tell me there was priority on it or that the IHRB is eager to protect the integrity of the sport. The funding was there in 2017 and it was diverted in 2018. Every year since then, there has one excuse after another.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Will Mr. O'Loughlin give us a date as to when-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: -----more than two of the 25 racecourses will have cameras up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: There is no rush in getting it done. I have a question for Ms Eade. Does Horse Racing Ireland have concerns given that the funding has been in place since 2017? Does the Department have concerns that the job was not done? It is something that would ensure the protection of the integrity of the sport amid all of the scandals and accusations of malpractice. Is Horse Racing Ireland not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: I have never heard of anybody fitting CCTV in a big large office building taking five years to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Let us be realistic.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Imelda Munster: Time is of the essence. Is Ms Eade saying Horse Racing Ireland has no concerns about the delay in fitting the CCTV?