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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank Ms Richardson for her frank and detailed statement. The committee appreciates the work that she and her colleagues in An Garda Síochána are doing. She stated that social media platforms have asserted that they take seriously their responsibility to block and remove disinformation. She then stated honestly that "such actions are also predicated on their stated obligation...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: Ms Richardson stated this will not be solved in one area but requires a societal approach involving the law, enforcement, the Oireachtas and the social media companies themselves. In that respect, I was interested that in March the National Union of Journalists, NUJ, was highly critical of An Garda Síochána and the Commissioner with regard to the acquisition of images taken from...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: The contention is that if the NUJ complies with what the Garda is seeking through court orders, its members would then become targets of rioters' venom during such incidents because those who do not have any regard for the law will believe that journalists are complicit with An Garda Síochána and are equally legitimate targets for rioters.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: I will ask Ms Richardson about something the committee dealt with three years ago as part of our work on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill. We met with a young Cork youth activist, Alicia O'Sullivan, who was then 19. She very bravely appeared before this committee regarding an incident that happened to her. A false Instagram account was set up in her name, images were taken from...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank everyone again for the work they are doing. We could continue this discussion for a long time. I return to Dr. Culloty's point on funding trusted journalism. It is a broader issue. Advertising has collapsed in the traditional media. We see where the advertising markets are going. Equally, there is a duty of care among the public, to return to Ms Chapman's point, as to whether...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: It is all interrelated.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: I am just making my views known.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister for his words. By order of the House, as agreed under the Order of Business, we need to commence the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill at 4.30 p.m. However, Senator Mary Seery Kearney indicated she would like to say something. I am conscious that we have three minutes remaining and three Senators have indicated they wish to speak. I will try to...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: Senator Ruane has the last word. She should be very brief because it is 4.30 p.m.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: Excellent.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: I agree with the Order of Business as outlined by the Leader. We have just had a very poignant moment in Dáil Éireann, where the Ceann Comhairle called for all Members who were present to stand and applaud the presence of Natasha O'Brien in the Gallery. It was a very powerful and striking moment, and the Ceann Comhairle, addressing Natasha, said: “We are on your...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: The publication yesterday of the Digital News Report Ireland 2024 made for extremely interesting reading given that, for the first time ever, online outlets are now the main sources of news for people living in Ireland. They now surpass television, radio and newspapers. Indeed, newspapers rank at only 3% in respect of where people access their daily news. This follows examinations in other...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Shane Cassells: The Acting Leader left out Senator Pauline O'Reilly.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the statement from the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, this morning on the decision by the country’s leading mobile phone operators to support her plan for voluntary agreements to keep childhood smartphone-free. Vodafone, Three, Eir, Tesco Mobile, Virgin Media and An Post Mobile have all confirmed that they are supporting the keeping childhood smartphone-free guide for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Shane Cassells: Not half enough.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Shane Cassells: They should get ten times more.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Shane Cassells: Many politicians have been expressing opinions and showing an interest in the business of the GAA in these Houses over the past week. To all those expressing opinions and asking that games be shown free to air and that GAAGO go be done away with, may I ask three questions? First, are they asking that all the GAA games, including the entire hurling and football championships, be shown free...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister of State for his work on the Bill. I am very happy that this is one of the most significant items of legislation to come before either House. It is in line with the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 - also delivered during the term of this Oireachtas - which was designed to regulate those other cowboys of the Wild West, namely the social media companies....

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2024)

Shane Cassells: It is my pleasure as rapporteur of the committee to welcome everyone. I and my fellow members of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee team have had an extensive journey in the process we have gone through, listening to the voices of councillor representative groups, councillors themselves and other statutory bodies over several months. However, it is only fitting, as we come towards the...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank everyone for their contributions and service. We have to remember that everyone here today is a public representative. In respect of the points made by Dr. Clark and others with regard to full-time expectations, in the previous session we held with all of the former Ministers who had held the brief of local government over the past three decades, Noel Dempsey, who, in many ways,...