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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: In relation to the aforementioned valued and vital role of public service media in the well-being of our society and the health of our democracy, that trickles all the way down to local communities nationwide. I will talk later about how we fund public service media in the future, but in the hope that we find a sustainable funding model, what conversations has the Minister had with the newly...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Does the Minister have a general timeline for that? Has it been impacted or impeded by the ongoing controversies within RTÉ itself?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: In terms of all that has played out within RTÉ, what happens when the Minister goes to colleagues in government seeking to put in place a sustainable and robust funding model for public service broadcasting in the future? Such a funding model is something that Fine Gael wholeheartedly supports. We made a submission to the Future of Media Commission arguing that the television licence...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: That is true.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: The last time the Future of Media Commission went to the Government with a suggestion of an alternative funding model it was rejected by the Government at the time. Recently the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, said this is a nettle that we are going to have to grasp. We are going to have to pass legislation within the lifetime of this Government to provide a firm foundation of sustainable...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: I can see why the Deputy comes from a fishing community.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (3 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the successful delivery of the Athlone to Galway greenway; the projected timescale for such delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42118/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: I welcome the witnesses and wish them every success in their respective roles. They are doing an extraordinarily important job on behalf of the Irish people. It is great to see Coimisiún na Meán in place and finally having the legislative backing to do the work it needs to do. I have a couple of observations that might prompt questions. Coimisiún na Meán has an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: They are of equal priority.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: That is very true. I happen to be unusual in thinking that in general social media has been a force for good. Do not shoot me. I think it is the most recent expression of our deep desire as a species to communicate with one another. We have been communicating with one another from when we sat around campfires trying to develop early language through to speaking to Neil Armstrong on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Deputy Lowry has absented himself. He said he is meeting the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. During that meeting he will be making the case for additional funding for the Garda and the RSA to further their aims in making our roads safer. I thank Deputy Lowry for that. I thank all the witnesses for being here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Okay. I am concerned the development and the going live of the online portal has somehow become enmeshed in the whole body-worn cameras legislation. Right now, if any of us were to go to our local Garda station with a piece of video footage showing a distinct infringement or violation of the road traffic safety laws, the Garda can use that evidence right now to get a successful prosecution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Rather than having to go to my local station with a USB stick, what is the difference if I upload the footage to a portal the Garda has designed and where it has put in place the necessary expertise to accept and collate that evidence? That is the part I do not understand. The legislation we have in place right now allows for a full prosecution of dangerous behaviour arising from video...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: It would not be coming in anonymously. There is no need for it to be anonymous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Okay, it is perfectly understandable the force does not have the IT infrastructure, but is Ms Hilman also making the case it does not have the legislative structures in place to be able to allow for it to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: That would be very helpful. I thank Ms Hilman. I know from her previous utterances she is deeply committed to the development of the portal and I thank her for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: At one point we had red light cameras in operation at two locations in Dublin. They were there on trial and 1,300 motorists were fined for breaking red lights while that happened. Then we switched them off. If we are seeking to eliminate bad behaviour on our roads and to protect people from injury or death, then changing the culture of road users is vitally important. That happens through...