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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Do we have any idea how much it will cost or is it a case of however long it goes on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: It is good to see the Minister again. I want to pick up on something quite concerning he said a minute ago. He said he does not know if we have bottomed out. He is the Minister in a time of crisis for the Arts Council, so I wish to ask him a direct question. Have the Arts Council and its board lost the trust of the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: We all did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I think the Minister should know if we have bottomed out because he is the Minister. At this point, the Arts Council is under pressure and in a time of crisis. It should have provided full disclosure and the Minster should have every piece of information in front of him that he needs. Just for the sake of the record, I think the Minister should know and should be informed as to whether we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Yes. I take the point the Minister made around the contract, wanting to have a timeline for the new executive director and to wait until the outcome of the report. I think that makes sense. We are, though, talking about the guts of €7 million gone. The Arts Council still does not have an IT system. The off-the-shelf one is still maybe an option. We are still, though, talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Will that be addressed within the governance review as well by Professor Niamh Brennan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I have more questions, but I will wait until the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I wish to get clarification on GAA+. I think its launch was postponed or cancelled in early March. Was it fully signed off between the RTÉ board and the Minister? I think the Minister would have had to sign off on it. It was GAAGo and it was reconfigured into GAA+. What is the state of play?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: For clarity, RTÉ technically still has 50% ownership of GAAGo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: So it still has that at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: GAAGo. GAA+ is a new venture and it did not need any-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Ba mhaith liom aird a tharraingt ar chúis imní agus fearg i measc roinnt mhaith múinteoirí Gaeltachta. Aontaímid ar fad sa Teach seo go bhfuil géarghá le tacaíocht agus aitheantas dóibh siúd a bhfuil ag coimeád ár dteanga beo bríomhar. Déanann múinteoirí...

Seanad: Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá muid fíorbhuíoch go bhfuil sé anseo chun an t-ábhar ríthábhachtach seo a phlé. I join my colleagues in commending Senator Ryan on her work on this Bill and for the courage of her convictions that she has taken with this matter and other deeply sensitive and personal issues. It is not an easy thing to do to speak...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I so move.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Míle buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht a bheith anseo sa Seanad tráthnóna chun an t-ábhar fíorthábhachtach seo a phlé. I welcome the opportunity to discuss our post office network and how we can all support what is not just an important network for communications, business and the State, but a network that connects our communities right across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Thank you. Our next speaker is Senator Comyn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Mr. Scanlon and Mr. Quinn both made strong cases for a tiered system and exemptions for the content levy. That is something as a committee we will bring back to the Minister. They have made a strong and sound case for that. LOITV is a different business model and offering to GAA+. It is probably a smaller commercial operation. If there was a tiered system, would Mr. Scanlon see a...