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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I know I arrived late to the meeting but I was tuned in and heard every word. I have heard everything our guests have said and I saw the presentation, which was fantastic. Fair play to our guests. If I was 16 or nine years old, there is not a hope I would have come up to an Oireachtas committee meeting, which is televised live, to answer all these questions. I can tell our guests they are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Maybe they should not answer that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: This is not a question; it is more about what we should do out of this session. We are currently having sessions on the citizens' assembly and biodiversity. We will put a report together on the recommendations for that, which will form an Oireachtas report. The previous session was with Inland Fisheries Ireland. One of the things Dr. Ó Cinnéide said that alarmed me was that the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (23 Nov 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the planned new Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund. [51537/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (23 Nov 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the planned new Future Ireland Fund. [51536/23]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I wish to raise a very serious issue that is brought to my attention on a regular basis, namely the problems encountered by parents and guardians when they travel abroad with their own children. Mothers who may have chosen to keep their maiden name after marriage are being stopped by security, in some instances, because their surname does not match the surname on their children's passports....
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: How long do I have?
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: Three hours so. That is fine.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: We will draw it out until then.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: I will not be long. I have a few questions and I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the officials for attending. I will start with the Minister and her opening statement, in which she mentioned the interim funding for RTÉ. On that, I seek clarity on some of the cost-saving measures being proposed by RTÉ and the talk of 400 jobs potentially going there. Is the Minister...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: If staff reject that number of 400 job losses, the proposals and the measures contained within them, where does that leave us? What can the Minister do in that instance? Is she leaving it completely up to the director general?
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: If staff reject it and it leads to a reduction or breakdown in public service broadcasting, is there a point at which the Minister will have to intervene?
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: I understand that. I know it was a few weeks ago but I am just going on the original reaction from staff. Obviously, there was a lot of concern.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: I certainly welcome the decentralisation of a lot of the work to places like Cork and Limerick. There is a lot of support for independent production included as well, which is good. It has not been welcomed across the board but I certainly think it is good. The question of future funding comes up time and again and we are being asked whether we are avoiding it because of the political...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: The reports are expected in February.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: We will have the reports in February and hope to have the final decision very soon after. I have a couple more questions if that is okay. For what it is worth, because of the difficulties and the significant drop in income from licence fees, I believe we have to move away from that model. Perhaps the Exchequer is the way forward. Will the Minister provide an update on the short-term let...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: How long will that process take? Does the Minister expect full committee sessions on it? Pre-legislative scrutiny has already been done.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Christopher O'Sullivan: I have one concern. It is welcome legislation. We have talked about what is happening in many of our towns where rows of terraced houses are being let on Airbnb when they could offer very valid long-term accommodation for people. However, we obviously then have the concerns of the rural operators, people who offer short-term lets, who feel that this could be a really prohibitive constraint...