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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I agree with the Order of Business as outlined by the Leader. I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming the ambassador to the Seanad. The Cathaoirleach, the Leader and I had the pleasure of a very good engagement a while ago with the OSCE in Luxembourg. We met the Prime Minister, Mr. Bettel. We worked collaboratively with the Parliament there. The ambassador is very welcome and I thank her...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Cathaoirleach very much and I thank him also for his welcome to Ms Mia Galligan and Ms Mya Doocey who are witnesses today, as the Cathaoirleach has said, at the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media. These are two transition year students and it is highly commendable that they are here today as witnesses for a full Oireachtas committee. The received a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Thank you. I extend a very warm welcome to Mya Doocey and Mia Galligan from the Mercy Secondary School in Navan. It was my honour to have met both of the students when they presented their project at the BT Young Scientist and Technology awards, where they received a commendation for their work and research. It is research that is hugely important on the very theme we are opening on here...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: That is fantastic. I have a question for Ms Galligan. Ms Doocey touched on the fact that a number of the PE teachers are male. Has there been a greater understanding and are the witnesses trying to ensure the male teachers within the school have a greater understanding as well?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Both Ms Doocey and Ms Galligan are people who participate very fully in sport. I want to ask about students in their peer group and students of their age. Both from their research and anecdotally, have they noticed some girls, such as friends and classmates, pulling away from sport because of this?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: That is from one end of the spectrum and from having talked to their fellow students on the need to address that. The witnesses spoke to our elite Olympians as part of their research. I would be interested to know what they said about the measures they were talking. Mya talked about them taking paracetamol. What discussions were had with them?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: That is a hugely important message from two young students. I will raise this when we have the pillar sports organisations in next week so they and all sports organisations in Ireland hear that and it is discussed and taken on board. I thank the witnesses for their presentation, for the work they are doing and for being inspirational, as I said to both girls, to people like my daughter, and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I welcome all the witnesses and thank them for their engagement today. I will ask a question of each group. I will start with Sport Against Racism. This comes in the week that an Irish under-21 team walked off the field on Monday night when playing against Kuwait because one of our substitutes was subjected to racist remarks by a Kuwaiti player. This follows the racist abuse in March of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Absolutely. I am going to jump to Mr. Maguire and Dr. Conama. Dr. Conama was talking about attitudes and the requirement for a change of attitude. In their submission, which got down to practicalities, Dr. Conama and Mr. Maguire said that it is crucial to emphasise the need for accessible sporting facilities that cater to the specific needs of deaf athletes. We are going to be launching...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: As part of our report, when we finish it, we should articulate what has been set out in part of the submission to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on that link between sports funding and the clear need for facilities to be accessible for the needs of the deaf community.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Yes. I will go to Mr. Walsh, who spoke about the Lets Get Visible campaign. I will be parochial and I want to commend David Gough, who is a friend a mine and who is extremely visible in that respect. I mention the work the GPA is doing this week with SuperValu in the Rainbow Laces campaign as well. Does Mr. Walsh have his rainbow laces with him?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Fantastic. I want to commend SuperValu and the GPA on the work they are doing in making sure there is a circulation of the Rainbow Laces campaign. I commend David and Hannah Looney, the Cork footballer, as well. We touched on some of the examples in visibility. It took until 2009 for Dónal Óg Cusack to be the first openly gay GAA player and it took until 2009 for the first...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I will move to TRUST Ireland and Ms Carney, and the submission she put forward. In particular I mention the topic of sports and women that she touched on, and the participation of women and girls in sport and physical activity being at significantly lower rates than men and boys. It was done at the outset but I also welcome our witnesses who were at the previous session, Ms Mia Galligan and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Ms Carney touched on the Irish women's soccer team, which we are looking forward to kicking off next month. There will be a lot of hoopla around that, with politicians wanting to get their pictures taken and all of that. The Minister of State responsible for sport was in my home town of Navan last week. We visited a number of soccer clubs which are looking for money for development. He...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: That was touched on too. There is a governance issue in the country that needs to change. Unfortunately, frustratingly, speaking to some of the few high-level women administrators in the country, there are not enough and, second, it comes back to making sure there is a pathway for that change to happen. It is painstakingly slow at the moment.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I might make a brief point in response to the point Mr. Drury made regarding cash and the impact on communities. I fully agree. I have been involved in sport all my life, first as a kid and then professionally as a sports journalist. That is why I was pleased to see last year, for almost the first time ever, that this was taken seriously, when funding for sports clubs increased from...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I thank Senator Kyne. I note the guests of Senator Micheál Carrigy from the active retirement group in Newtownforbes in County Longford, who are in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. They are very welcome and I hope they enjoy their day in Leinster House and in Seanad Éireann. I also acknowledge the presence of Deputy Paul McAuliffe in the Visitors Gallery along with his guests,...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mining Industry (14 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I do not need to tell the Minister of State about the bombshell that went off last night in Navan following the temporary closure, as has been described, of Tara Mines, and the impact on the town and region. Some 650 people are employed in Tara Mines and 3,000 jobs depend on an income from it. The general manager, Gunnar Nystrom, speaking on "Morning Ireland" earlier, explained why the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mining Industry (14 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: The Minister of State touched on something when he said that the price needs to increase, costs need to be reduced and that this will lead to the cessation of this temporary lay off. The management needs to be honest with the employees as to what the nature of this temporary lay off is. The Government needs to press them on extracting an answer. This is not unprecedented. We were here...