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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Senator Cassells is running out of time now; he might wrap up.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Ryan. Deputy Brendan Griffin is next.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Very quickly.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy needs to wrap up.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I am going to have to move on. We have come to the end of the meeting but I appreciate that Deputy Gould has sat here for the last hour and a half so I am going to give him two minutes. I see Deputy Danny Healy-Rae coming in as well and he had his name down too. I will forego my own time but I would make one comment. I recently had the pleasure of meeting the Continental Youth...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy has had three minutes. Please conclude.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has two minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Deputy Healy-Rae to conclude.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I have to stop the Deputy there.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: That concludes this part of the meeting. I am sorry that it has been so short with so many guests but that is what happens when we have so many people and so little time. I thank the witnesses for their statements and my colleagues for being so good at keeping to time or thereabouts. We will go into private session to dispose of some committee business.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Business of Joint Committee (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: We have one item of committee business to dispose of before we proceed to our second stakeholder engagement this afternoon. We discussed in private session today correspondence No. GCM-R-1038a, received from Mr. Larry Bass, CEO of ShinAwiL Limited, in respect of evidence given at the committee meeting of 5 July by former chairperson of RTÉ, Ms Moya Doherty. Mr. Bass wishes to correct...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I warmly welcome our guests who are with us this afternoon. We have been slightly delayed in starting and I ask our guests to bear with us. I welcome Mr. Declan McBennett, group head of sports in RTÉ. It is nice to see him. From TG4, I welcome Mr. Alan Esslemont, director general, and Ms Mary-Ellen Ní Chualáin, commissioning manager. From Sky Ireland, I welcome Mr. Mark...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I ask Mr. McBennett to wrap up. I apologise.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I want to give everybody a chance to make an opening statement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: The committee will take the remainder of Mr. McBennett's opening statement as read; it has been circulated to members and will be published on the committee web page. I call Ms Ní Chualáin from TG4.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: Go raibh míle maith agat. Well done. Mr. Carpenter is next.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: We must move on.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: We are out of time.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: No. I am sorry. If there is a chance at the end, I will let the Senator back in. I want to give everyone an opportunity first.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Niamh Smyth: No. I am sorry but we are out of time.