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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: We heard Fiacre Ryan speak about RPM at the first session. How can it help to encourage employment and communication regarding employment for someone who is not verbal? What are the witnesses’ thoughts on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: At our previous session we had Fiacre Ryan, a young, non-verbal autistic person. RPM, or the rapid prompting method, is a method of allowing a non-verbal person to communicate and to be in education. With regard to employment and work for someone who is non-verbal, have Specialisterne Ireland or the unions worked with people who are using this method?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: That was the point of our earlier discussion with Fiacre Ryan. It is a method of allowing non-verbal autistic children to communicate. In a way, it is startling that neither group here today has heard of it, and that is an issue in itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: People need to communicate in the workplace and it is a form of communicating. It is something that needs to be taken on board. As I said, we had an example at our previous meeting, where a young lad had been nominated for the An Post book of the year award and had a book published from that. It is a societal thing that people are not aware of it enough and it is something we wanted to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Does Deputy Carroll MacNeill have other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I have some questions of my own. I ask for further information on the passport scheme, which is very interesting and all of the members feel that is definitely a way forward. I know the bus scheme was a fantastic initiative and it just needs to be widened and expanded. I mentioned the awareness scheme, which I believe could be taken on nationally. It is for ICTU and other organisations to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: It is nice to get a hands-on example of someone who has done this transition. I will finish up with a couple of quotes from our previous witness, young Fiacre Ryan. It is really what this is all about. He said: Try to see past the autism and realise that we are the same inside as others. [...] Please listen today to the voices of those who have been silenced by our society. It is time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Next on my list is Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: We are running out of time.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for being late. I have a couple of questions and might come back later, if possible, as I did not get to go through the reports fully. A comment was made as to how trusted Irish media are. I believe the figures in the report are that 72% of people trust mainstream media versus 30-odd% who trust social media. That is acknowledged in the Future of Media Commission report and we...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: RTÉ plans to bring it back next year.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Mr. Coveney said it was intended to go up against international productions but the reality is that it ended up going up against many homegrown productions in December and the first week of January. That is the period when there are homegrown pantomime productions in every town and county.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: My view, which is not a professional one, is that the timing was wrong. If RTÉ is considering putting on the show prior to "The Late Late Toy Show", that would make sense to me, as a person looking at it from the outside.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the witnesses for their responses. I should have said at the beginning, not to be negative, that we were disappointed that before Christmas, when we had asked RTÉ, Virgin and the BAI to come before the committee to discuss policy, both Virgin and RTÉ declined that invitation, yet the BAI was prepared to come in to discuss policy. We represent the taxpayer, and the taxpayer...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Yes, which comes under the remit of this Oireachtas committee. I just wanted to make that point. I wish to make a few points about Virgin. Mr. Farrell mentioned six channels. Is six channels too many to be putting out? As for Screen Ireland, the Cathaoirleach mentioned certain areas of the country. It was brought to my attention that if a company looking to make a production within...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The public service charge was mentioned. I work with An Post, which is a collector of the licence fee. Some of the witnesses are not in favour of that. If a charge was payable by every household, it would be easier to collect the fee and the figures would change dramatically. People would not have an issue paying the charge if its funding was available across all sectors – regional...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: No. It is the reality-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: That is good to hear. We need to change the narrative, particularly for the younger generation, who are looking for information elsewhere and are not getting factually correct information.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister is welcome.I want to echo her comments about what has been a great day for the film industry here in Ireland when we see the nominations. I see that Paul Mescal has been nominated for a best actor award. One of his first films, “Drifting”, was filmed by two young lads from Granard in County Longford, Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney from Harp Media. Their...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Next Tuesday.