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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Regarding the issue of still shots, I forgot to mention that we took any amount of them at the beginning of the meeting at low cost. RTÉ needs to seriously re-look at that arrangement-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Changes need to be made at the top of this organisation and not at the bottom with the athletes and the clubs. The change must be made at the top. Sometimes it is necessary to bring in new personnel to make those changes. This is what should be done here.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I ask Ms Ní Raghallaigh to come back in. We have to get the trust of people back in RTÉ, which is a public broadcasting company. Does she feel there needs to be widespread change at the top level, both at board level and at executive board level, for her to continue in her role in a new RTÉ going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: People need to communicate in the workplace and it is a form of communicating. It is something that needs to be taken on board. As I said, we had an example at our previous meeting, where a young lad had been nominated for the An Post book of the year award and had a book published from that. It is a societal thing that people are not aware of it enough and it is something we wanted to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (17 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: -----who is a young lad who is non-communicative. He is now in university in Atlantic Technical University, ATU, using the rapid prompting method, RPM, which some people have concerns about. Yet, it is a method of communication. Any method of communication that works should be used and supported. I ask that we look at these Acts and at whether gardaí are trained in interviewing...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank Ms Campbell for her comments. It is great in one way that we are having this discussion because two years ago, when we were having a similar discussion, we were looking at 2024 or 2025 as the year of the recovery of our tourism sector. It is good to see recovery now. I cannot understand the following, however. If a hotel bed on a Saturday night this September costs €150 per...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Integration of LGFA and Camogie Association with the GAA: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: At home in Longford, the pitches of St. Mel's College are available to the underage squads in the county. We have been quite progressive. I remember there were times when the ladies' county games were on a club ground as they were not allowed use the county ground, but it is something we have been very strong on, so all finals are played in Pearse Park, our county ground. All intercounty...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister. In her introduction, she mentioned the just transition fund. I was at the launch in Corlea, a very apt location for the launch of that fund. I see a figure of €68 million ring-fenced and committed for tourism projects. I sincerely hope that the Longford and Offaly, the two counties most affected by just transition, would be prioritised for funding for those...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety, Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Chair and I apologise for coming in now; I had to go out to something else. I have a question about something I mentioned at the earlier meeting and that I feel very strongly about as a parent of young kids. It is children with access to social media accounts. When we discussed the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, we discussed having a minimum age for social media...

Seanad: School Transport: Motion (21 Sep 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister. I apologise for being late to the debate as I was at another meeting when the Minister was speaking. The reality is this whole issue is about children. It is not about concessionary or non-concessionary tickets but about children getting to school. We are in a situation where the country is at full employment. We need to be at full employment and we need people to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The point Mr. McGlynn made is something at which we are looking at home, trying to find a location. We have the Backstage Theatre and it is putting on shows and it is regularly full. However, organisations need to practice and so on, and that cannot be done on the same night as a show is on, where two organisations are looking for the same place. There is a scheme giving funding to each...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: That is fair enough and I thank Ms Doherty. I have some points on children's television. People were talking about this and it stirred some memories, and I can still remember watching Zig and Zag at lunchtime in the canteen at college. I have three young kids but when they turn on television they do not switch to RTÉ, to be quite honest. During Covid-19, however, there was a project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The normal timeline for delivering something at stage one in another town would be two or three years. What are we looking at in this case?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: That is disappointing. As we said at the beginning, we are trying to get all the facts and answers to all the questions. It is disappointing that Mr. Kelly would not answer that question, which is core to the whole situation. Staying on that topic, why did Mr. Kelly invoice a different company, CMS Marketing, in the second two years, rather than NK Management, which he invoiced in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I was looking for something more specifically relating to autism, which Deputy Ó Murchú initially asked about, and the link between kids sleeping at night time, hyperactivity and their not being up at night. Did that form any part of the research or will it form part of the research going forward?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the witnesses. It is important that everyone acknowledges the significant Government support that has been put in place for the industry over recent years. The reality is that is taxpayer's money. We talk about low availability and last minute. Last April, I tried to book a room on a Saturday night. My young lad had a rugby match on the Sunday morning and we said we would come...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I concur with the Minister of State’s comments. Senator Malcolm Byrne mentioned the IABA and I also have my concerns in this regard. To be quite honest, there must be wholesale change at the top of that organisation. An independent review was commissioned at short notice because this committee was seeking to look at the governance of the IABA. The review was undertaken by the same...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: No. My apologies to the Chairman. I did not think I would be able to make it to the meeting. I just got here by the skin of my teeth. I will look at the recording of the meeting at a later stage. I do not want to go back over issues that have already been covered.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I have a couple of issues following on from yesterday's second meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism. We met with the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Madigan, the Irish National Teachers Organisation and the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland. One common theme that has come up over the past couple of meetings in particular is the issue of the summer...