Results 321-340 of 602 for speaker:Fiach MacConghail

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I want to take the opportunity to congratulate two of our leading artists in different disciplines who have been nominated for prestigious Tony awards for best new play and best musical score. I refer to the writer Mr. Colm Tóibín and the musician and head of music at UCC Dr. Mel Mercier. It is a huge achievement, and my fellow Senators will join with me in applauding their...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I have two questions for the Leader. On Sunday I was proud to be one of the sponsors of Walk in the Woodlands at Avondale House, the former home of Charles Stewart Parnell. The event was organised to draw attention and opposition to the sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte. I had to leave a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to debate the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: My second question relates to an Adjournment matter that I raised with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, on 17 April. I ask the Leader to comment on the Government's response to the development of an extensive nuclear power facility at Hinkley Point, Somerset, in the UK. I congratulate An Taisce on its legal challenge in the UK courts. I seek a...

Seanad: Charities Regulation: Motion (1 May 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Charities Regulation: Motion (1 May 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I welcome the Minister. We appreciate the time and consideration he has given to this issue and acknowledge his support for this dialogue in the Seanad. I also acknowledge and appreciate that the Government has not proposed an amendment to the motion. The motion links with a debate we had with the Minister's colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: We have already given Mr. O'Herlihy the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I consider that an advantage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: That is exactly what should happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I congratulate Mr. O'Herlihy on his appointment as chairman designate. In my past life I produced a number of films in which the Irish Film Board invested, lest it comes back to haunt me at a future date. I am aware that Mr. O'Herlihy is chairman designate and, therefore, may not be able to answer some of my questions. In that context, perhaps we might invite him to address the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: Broadly, I see several challenges for the Irish Film Board. One is the continuing tension between developing an Irish film industry and attracting film productions to Ireland. There may be a conflict between developing a culture of film making and film makers in Ireland and attracting major Hollywood productions to our shores. I ask Mr. O'Herlihy to outline his thoughts on that aspect. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Irish Film Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: While it has been confirmed the section 481 tax relief scheme will run to at least 2020, changes have been made recently to the financial and tax regime in the United Kingdom vis-à-vis film making. Does Mr. O'Herlihy believe these changes will have a negative impact on film making in Ireland?

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Nuclear Power Plants (17 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I thank the Minister for offering a briefing. I am not clear on whether the Government was briefed about the particular decision of 19 March to develop at Hinkley Point. The Minister has mentioned the RPII's assessment, but at what point was this made public? There seems to be an onus under the Aarhus Convention and the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Nuclear Power Plants (17 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: No, I am not, which is why I brought up the issue here. The public is not aware of it either.

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Nuclear Power Plants (17 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: This issue has been ongoing since 2010.

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Nuclear Power Plants (17 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I welcome the Minster, Deputy Hogan, and appreciate his attendance at this hour of the evening. On 19 March 2013, only four weeks ago, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the UK, Mr. Edward Davey, MP, granted development consent in respect of a 3,260 MW nuclear power plant development at Hinkley Point, Somerset, in the UK. This is approximately 150 miles from Ireland and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: As I am not a member of the committee, I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. I am present because I want to bear witness to the stories told. I support the Chairman's view because it is important to have all of this information on the record in order that historians and others can look back on them. It is embarrassing for somebody such as me to feel I have a right as an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: What was the issue with the Press Council of Ireland?

Seanad: Philantrophy and Fund-raising: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, who has joined us for the latter part of the debate. I thank all the Senators who participated and I remind Senator Cullinane that the purpose of the motion is to provide a philosophical framework for the beginning of this discussion, so every Member of the House has a shared understanding of what is a great challenge, a challenge we are ready...

Seanad: Philantrophy and Fund-raising: Motion (27 Mar 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I move: That Seanad Éireann would welcome- A national debate on the current context and challenges facing the not-for-profit sector with regards to philanthropy, fundraising, sponsorship and private giving in Ireland.notes:- the publication in May 2012 under the auspices of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government of the Report of the Forum on Philanthropy and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I endorse what my colleague, Senator van Turnhout, said about Jimmy Walsh. Again, I am a new Senator but I acknowledge his journalistic ability, particularly his ability to put in one sentence what it takes Senators 50 sentences to say. He has created an art form in itself. Today is World Theatre Day, a day that Ireland can be proud to support. It was established in 1961. I ask the Leader...