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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I have some questions around inspections and making it easier to communicate with tenants. Does the RTB have a Facebook page, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: Did the RTB have a Facebook page at one stage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: Did the RTB close down that Facebook page?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: However, the RTB does not use it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I do not understand. It would be easy for renters to communicate with the RTB, as a national regulator, through that Facebook page. When was it last used?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am concerned that the Facebook page was set up and not used. As a national regulator, the RTB should be trying to make it easy for renters to communicate with it. Is there any truth in the rumour that the password was lost and that is why the account has not been used since 2010?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: It seems strange that the account was set up and just left alone. That is strange. On inspections, the Government had committed to increasing inspections to a rate of 25% per year. At the same time, the budgets for local authorities has been cut from €12.5 million to €10 million. There seems to be a greater reliance on virtual inspections. Will our guests outline exactly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I want to know about the RTB's resources and whether its budget allows it to meet its remit in a timely manner in respect of backlogs, cases and all those sorts of things. Is the RTB adequately resourced or does it find it has a backlog of cases because it is not adequately resourced?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: 5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address reports that she intends to make changes to the television licence fee collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10695/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: Will the Minister comment on reports that she intends to make changes to the television licence fee collection, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: As the Minister said, the Future of Media Commission was initially set up to look at the TV licence and then it was expanded. The commission reported last July but the Minister has had that report now since last October and it still has not been published. Those of us who are not in Government have been working from leaks in the media. We learned from one of the leaks that apparently...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am sure the Minister recognises it is important we have sight of the report for many reasons. We need to be able to debate and scrutinise any changes to the licence fee. We cannot do that without seeing the rationale of the commission in making its recommendations. Can I get a commitment that the Government will not increase the cost of the licence fee when we are in the midst of a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to publish the Future of Media Commission Report. [10214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community psychologists who are currently available for ongoing treatment and support of adult patients under the care of the Crosslanes psychiatric unit and Singleton House, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10561/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I welcome Ms Haugen. Disinformation is not classed as harmful content in our online safety Bill. Does Ms Haugen think it should be?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: Ms Haugen mentioned the EU Digital Services Act and said it is critical our Bill is aligned with that. Is the Digital Services Act sufficient, in Ms Haugen's opinion, or should additional matters be addressed in it?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: In terms of the information that Ms Haugen feels Facebook should make available to regulators, and she has outlined some of them already, can she expand further on what other types of information we would need from these companies?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: Ireland has a history of engaging in the light-touch regulation in many sectors and it led to the bankruptcy of the State just over ten years ago. Given Ireland's position, particularly as the home of the European headquarters of many of these tech companies, can Ms Haugen outline the dangers should Ireland adopt a hands-off or light-touch approach to the regulation of these tech companies?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: I have one further question. I was looking at Ms Haugen’s opening statement, where she took a fairly strong stance in regard to the Data Protection Commission. Will she expand on that?

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Imelda Munster: We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. The costs of energy and fuel have been front and centre of the spiralling price increases in the past year or so. The Government is giving the energy companies a payment on behalf of all households in the State but it is not addressing the root cause of the price increases. Given the scale of the price hikes, it will not be enough. ...