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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I can see what picture will be on the front of our report now.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank everybody. This was a positive and informative session for all of us in that we learned something. There is a lot of support within this committee and even in terms of us being able to communicate to the Ministers, Deputies Catherine Martin and Michael McGrath. It is about coming up with practical solutions. To Deputy Griffin's suggestion around practical measures, dare I say that...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Apologies, I did not see Ms Honan was indicating.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I agree. We appreciate that. This committee also has responsibility for tourism and we talk about the impact of cultural tourism. What everyone does here is really important. Our committee wants to help and to work with the witnesses to achieve that. I thank everybody for their time today. Our guests should feel free to correspond and keep us under pressure. We will now suspend briefly...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Go raibh maith ag Elaine Geraghty. Anois beidh Paul Cummins as Telegael.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank Mr. Duggan and all our witnesses who have presented. We move now to the question-and-answer session. The speaking rota has been circulated and each member will have a slot of approximately ten minutes. I will be reasonably lenient. I call Senator Warfield.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Was Ms Geraghty signalling to come in on that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I call Mr. McCabe, who is to be followed by Mr. Duggan. We will have time for another round but I am conscious of others.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: We are not going to discuss RTÉ at this session. This is specifically about supporting regional funding and there will be another opportunity. It is related to it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank the Minister of State very much for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister. I raise the case of Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhóir in Arklow in County Wicklow. The school has 279 students. It was established in 1998. It operates now, for the most part, out of a series of prefabs dotted around a soccer pitch. We have a school here...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State very much. I do not doubt the investment in schools right across the country. However, I am aware of many other school projects which started after that relating to the Gaelscoil in question. Planning permission was obtained and the sanction was granted for the development of this project, but it has been leapfrogged by projects relating to other schools. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: The Order of Business is No. 1, Employment Permits Bill 2022 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 3.15 p.m. and to adjourn at 5 p.m. if not previously concluded; and No. 2, Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 – Second Stage, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to conclude at 7 p.m. if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to the opening remarks of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all Senators for their contributions. There were a number of requests for statements on various issues, which I will bring back to the relevant Departments. Senators Dooley and Hoey raised the question of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the horrific scenes we are currently witnessing in Rafah. They welcomed the decision of Ireland, along with Norway and Spain, to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: In making her budget submissions to the Minister, I might ask the Senator to quite clearly define what she means by a durable relationship. In the context of something like tax, we should provide certainty on that. I thought that there was a relative degree of certainty as to what a durable relationship meant but, given that Senator Keogan has now-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: -----for capital gains tax in the context of durable relationships, providing a definition could certainly be helpful. Senators McGreehan and Boyhan raised the issue of victims of thalidomide, as both have done in the House previously. They have both been very strong advocates on behalf of the Irish Thalidomide Association. I agree that this has gone on for far too long. What the House...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I can request that we have a debate. Senator Craughwell knows that I agree with him on the defence issues he raised.Whenever there are elections, there will always be questions as to who gets coverage and who does not, and inevitably some people will be aggrieved. There is the difficulty of trying to give coverage to everybody. We all have our own views as to who should or should not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: It needs to be much more discursive and evidence based. As the Senator said, there is very clear evidence that we are seeing climate change and a biodiversity challenge. It is important that all of us within society are equipped with the tools to be able to respond to that. It should be done very much on an evidence base. I am quite certain, and it is quite welcome, that the education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all the witnesses for their input. I might touch on the question of the specific subjects of climate and sustainable development. Within higher education, there are very specific courses that look at sustainable development. Would it be better to have specific subjects looking at those issues or should these themes underpin every aspect of our education system? Whoever wants to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Mr. Irfan might want to come in on this, but where we will get the teachers to do this? Who is going to provide this education?