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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: There are 22 community radio stations. Those who work for them get their wages-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: How much advertising can community radio stations broadcast?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: There is a cap on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: How many community televisions stations are in operation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: Are the stations in a position to accept advertising?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: So DCTV is completely independent of Sound and Vision funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: In the context of the recommendation on the global issue and the proposal to provide national coverage via a community model, Mr. O'Reilly is offering this by means of a commercial model. When representatives from independent broadcasters have come before the committee I have asked them about the level of co-operation between them and RTE. The ambition among our guests is to provide the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The next speakers will be Deputies Noel Harrington and Ann Phelan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: Do the witnesses wish to take the questions in order?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The threat of having their funding halved is hanging over them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: That is interesting news.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: My apologies - I should have called Deputy Seán Kenny before the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. We have received three extensive presentations covering all of broadcasting. If people wanted to know how broadcasting and communications in Ireland were changing, they could have found out from the presentations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The Deputy's question related to Pobal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The CSP is closed to new entrants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I thank Dr. Brennan for his comprehensive presentation and thought-provoking suggestions, which are important. Consideration of those is what we are about here today. I invite Mr. Pierce O'Reilly of Irish TV - which is another dimension to the changing face of broadcasting - to make his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I invite Dr. Brennan to make his contribution. As all members have received the presentations, perhaps Dr. Brennan might confine his contribution to five or six minutes in order that we can engage in more questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The purpose of the meeting is to engage with the Community Radio Forum of Ireland, CRAOL, Dublin Community TV, Irish TV and Northern Visions on the proposed broadcasting Bill and broadcasting charge. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome Mr. Declan Gibbons and Ms Sally Galiana from CRAOL; Dr. Eddie Brennan and Mr. Ciaran Moore from Dublin Community TV; Mr. Pierce O'Reilly from Irish...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will have extra accommodation provided to meet the population needs of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/14]
- White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I am glad to contribute on this debate. For many years, there has been a saying in Ireland - if something is not broken, there is no need to fix it. It does not apply in the case of our health service. The irony is that the service was broken during the country's wealthiest time, albeit one based on a false economy generated by the 2000-08 construction bubble, when the Fianna Fáil-led...