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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...incidents have happened? Does Mr. McGeoghegan have a fear that such scenarios could happen in Ireland? I thank Dr. Campbell and Ms Walsh for their presentations and for the data on the harm to children from junk food companies. I wrote down Dr. Campbell's comment on advertising from these companies suggesting food is the social glue that brings people together. That was quite...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...every other section online. Online media advertising by these companies must be taken extremely seriously. Self regulation will not be adequate. I am only reflecting what the special rapporteur on children's affairs has said, who pointed out that three-quarters of those aged 12 to 17 years now gamble. Ms Walsh and Dr. Campbell have spoken on the impact of childhood obesity. One can...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: ..., the sanity, calmness and objectivity of traditional media will be gone and a wasteland will be left behind. On the issue of advertising and harmful online content, I agree with Professor Conor O'Mahony, the children's affairs special rapporteur, who said this Bill does not go far enough in tackling the meaning of "online harm" in particular areas such as online gambling. A serious...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: Can we get an answer from Facebook and Twitter about the targeting of marketing and advertising to children under 16?

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...... [on] this issue is the best way to [inform decisions and to] educate. Powerful words from her to us. Equally powerful was a testimony we heard last week from the ISPCC and the Ombudsman for Children at the same committee outlining the impact of online abuse via social media. The CEO of the ISPCC, Mr. John Church, outlined the account of one 13-year-old girl named Kate who was...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...can agree that the past two days of hearings for the pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill have been the most insightful and important because of the witnesses involved, with the Ombudsman for Children and the special rapporteur on child protection yesterday and the representatives here today. We are moving beyond the headline-grabbing issues into the depth of the matters. Mr. Church...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...the terrible example he gave, that this is the platform on which young people communicate. The problem is when things go sour. The question is the extent of regulation vis-à-vis the protection of children's rights. As we saw last week with the children from Kinsale and Tallaght who gave testimony to the committee, they expressed concern about over-regulation of the area. It comes...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: Following on from the closing remarks of Professor O'Mahony in respect of the request for the voices of children to be heard in this debate, as Dr. Milosevic has alluded to, we had several transition year students here last week from Kinsale and Tallaght. I will read from the submission of two of the girls from Kinsale, which states: "Sometimes it can be infuriating for students to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2021)

Shane Cassells: Yesterday, we saw a disgraceful act by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Department withdrew from a 20-year salary scale agreement with county childcare committees across the country - not because it wanted to give childcare autonomy but because it decided it was not going to meet the terms of a Workplace Relations Commission from September that had...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: Where living with Covid is concerned, I thank the Minister of State for the sterling work she has done in her sphere of responsibility, in particular for children with disabilities.

Seanad: Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...nearly a full year of working from home, people have pressed the reset button and asked what in God's name we were doing. What were we doing to our mental health, the fabric of families and our children, who we were placing in childcare before the sun had even come up? Many of us have been making these points for many years and said these exact words. RTÉ, in its “Prime...

Seanad: Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...in recent times. I acknowledge what Deirdre Murphy and Sinead Smith have done in keeping those services going. One aspect I will touch on are the other victims of domestic violence, namely, the children impacted by that violence. The support services provided must then get into the complex area of supporting those children. Imagine how scary it is to be brought to a women's refuge as a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...was made to provide one. It has been in existence for 43 years in Johnstown in Navan. The school has had a long-running battle to acquire this purpose-built building to educate the near 100 children who attend there from all across Meath and different counties. These children face the greatest challenges in life and have to rise early in the morning to ensure they are transported to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...that it has taken in respect of this matter, including the referenced to the move to phase 2 of the secondary school that is on the campus for Coláiste na Mí. Meanwhile,43 years later these children are still in temporary school accommodation and many thousands of them have passed through. I welcome the advancement whereby the design team submitted its report to the Department...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2020)

Shane Cassells: In respect of level 3 restrictions and Senator Mullen's remarks about going to church, I go to church on Sunday with my children, who serve at mass. After that, I like to pop down to the local hotel and have my dinner.When I have eaten, I like to go to Páirc Tailteann to watch a club championship match. When the match is over, I enjoy going to the Paddy Fitzsimons pub for a pint with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...outright ban on the sale of certain flavours, such as fruit and candy floss, that are believed to attract young people to vaping. These companies will probably try to sell candy floss cigarettes to children at the circus next. This is a multimillion euro industry. Vaping shops have sprung up in towns across the country. The programme for Government commits to examining these issues, but...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (24 Sep 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...politics whereby politicians brief the newspapers rather than the Dáil or the Seanad on their policies. In the interview, the Minister alluded to the fact his civil servants in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs are distinctly unenthusiastic about the 30 county childcare committees that provide support for approximately 4,900 childcare services in Ireland. He referenced a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jul 2020)

Shane Cassells: Earlier this week, the Minister with responsibility for children, disability, equality and integration, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, told fellow Ministers he was undertaking a root and branch review of childcare services to support the delivery of affordable and high-quality school-age early learning. I sincerely hope this Minister grasps that matter. In addressing this review, the Minister...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...Chamber. All of us in Fianna Fáil are very proud of him. Finally, as this is my maiden speech in this Chamber, I thank all who supported me in my election campaign. I thank my family, my wife and my children. I also acknowledge a very distinguished former Member of the Upper House, the former Senator, Donie Cassidy, who is sitting in the Gallery. He did a huge amount of work in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Dec 2019)

Shane Cassells: I support that proposal by Deputy Buckley. On what the petitioner is seeking in terms of the school curriculum at primary level and wanting to respond to the needs of children in society, from mental health issues to obesity, social media and so forth, I want to recognise what is already being done in schools. I have attended meetings in the past couple of weeks with the HSE on the healthy...