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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: The Independent Group members now need to take action against Senator Keogan.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: In every other group the whip would be withdrawn and speaking rights restricted.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Is Senator Craughwell going to condone Senator Keogan's-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: -----continued xenophobia and stand with her or stand with the rest of us?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: There is a lot of "Killinaskully" in here as well.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Tá cúpla ceist agam. Ms Ní Raghallaigh will appreciate that one of the primary responsibilities of the chair and the authority is the appointment of a new chief executive, and I certainly welcome the appointment of Kevin Bakhurst. However, I have to say it was not appropriate that a lot of that process was aired in public media. It was completely unfair to the candidates who...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: That is as it should be.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am happy on the basis of that and I wish the new director general well. It is important that RTÉ functions well. I agree with Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan that there is a lot that RTÉ does well; we have criticisms, and that criticism is healthy as well. Ba mhaith liom freisin comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le Siún mar gheall ar a cuid oibre le TG4. Conas a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I liked Ms Ní Raghallaigh's description of RTÉ as the national storyteller. Our question is that RTÉ is going to have to address the funding model. The independent production sector has been a major part of being that national storyteller. One of the questions we have considered in the committee is whether the model RTÉ should move towards is more of a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: It is important. The TG4 experience operated very effectively within the model. Our concern is how RTÉ can ensure it has a model that is sufficiently flexible in a very competitive international environment, where it is dealing with a lot more platforms, and how this can ensure that RTÉ remains the national storyteller. To be blunt, if Ms Ní Raghallaigh is going to try to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank Senator Dooley for allowing me to contribute at this time. I also welcome our guests. In this country, we take for granted media freedom and the right to peaceful protest.When our guests were coming in through the gates of Leinster House today, a peaceful protest was taking place outside. Unfortunately, in Hong Kong that is not the case. Because of the use of the national security...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Like the Cathaoirleach and others, I welcome our guests. I thank the ambassador for his service and, indeed, the solidarity and friendship the Netherlands has shown between our two countries. I also welcome the deployment of gardaí at railway stations, which is a positive move. It was part of Fianna Fáil transport policy that we would seek the deployment of gardaí at rail...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: -----or maybe Robert Watt is the modern Sir Humphrey-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: -----but what we need in terms of this digital archipelago is a digital czar at Government level to bring all this together.I ask again for a debate-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: -----on how the Government responds to emerging technologies like nanotechnology, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. I appeal for a debate on how the State is responding in these sectors.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: We know we are writing all of Fine Gael's policies, but we cannot do everything-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: She will need Senator Gallagher's help.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (4 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. She will be aware the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science was not created to be just an administrative Department for universities and places of further and higher education, but rather to prepare Ireland for the technological revolution we are experiencing. A student who is due to sit his or her leaving...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I too welcome our guests. It is very important that they get to see democracy in action here. The Deputy Leader will be aware that 9 May, which is next week, is Europe Day. We are celebrating 50 years of Ireland's membership of the European Union. Our EU membership has transformed this country socially and economically. We can all be very proud to say that we are both Irish and European....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Yes.