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- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Just to let Senator Flynn know, as Senator Kelleher has pointed out with regard to the wording, amendment No. 44 says "to insert" the term child pornography, whereas Senator Flynn wants it to say "to replace" the term. However, the Senator cannot change the amendment now. The option is either to withdraw the amendment for the moment or-----
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: And reintroduce it at a later stage?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Just to be clear, amendment No. 44 is being withdrawn. Is that correct?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Pursuant to Standing Order No. 165. it is reported to the Seanad that the Title has been amended.
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: The Senator spoke already. She does not have an opportunity to respond. The business is statements, unfortunately.
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: There is no opportunity under Standing Orders for the Senator to intervene. That concludes the statements. I thank the Minister of State for his time. Before I call the Deputy Leader, I welcome guests of our colleague Senator McCarthy from the school of law in Quinnipiac University and New York. I hear they are studying in Trinity College, so they did not have to come too far. They are...
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I am sorry I missed the start of the meeting but I had read the opening statements. In her reply to Deputy Cleere, Ms Kennelly said that a request had been made for extra staff which included ICT staff. When was this request sent to the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: This question is for the Department. When was a decision made on that and who made it and why was a decision made not to fund ICT staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Does Mr. Ó Coigligh disagree that it was not funded?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: So there was ICT staff approval?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Yes, but there was ICT staff approval.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: So when Ms Kennelly said initially that it was not approved was slightly misleading. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Yes, so the salary was downgraded but the role of someone for ICT, which was requested, was approved. From Mr. Ó Coigligh's perspective it was approved. Is that not so?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: To be clear, a request was put in and approved but just at a lower level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Yes, but the request had been-----