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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Restaurant Industry: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Senator Carrigy and all of my colleagues. I will give Mr. Treyvaud the final word on this. Yesterday in the Dáil I made the point that I feel strongly about this. We are talking against ourselves given yesterday’s restrictions. I live in a Border county but I have been to Killarney. When I went last summer, Mr. Treyvaud’s restaurant was fully booked up, which...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Restaurant Industry: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Treyvaud for his passionate plea to this committee. I can assure him that his views and thoughts will be reflected to all party leaders. We will all have our parliamentary party meetings during the week. We will feed this into the report in respect of the hospitality sector. Mr. Treyvaud’s views come at a really good time in terms of where we are at with that. I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Following on from the Government's announcements today I want to make a few observations. As Chair of the Oireachtas committee which deals with tourism I am mindful this will come as devastating news to the hospitality sector. Will the Minister talk us through some of the supports the Government intends to put in place for the hospitality sector? We cannot expect people to effectively...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [34600/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits who have enlisted in the Permanent Defence Forces in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34599/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (24 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his very comprehensive reply. I have to make the comment and observation that modular units are a temporary measure. We can all acknowledge that. They just will not cut it in leaving Cavan Institute on a building list any longer. The modular units will house music, beauty therapy, make-up artistry, science, information technology, IT, sports,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Further and Higher Education (24 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister of State for attending to discuss this important issue, namely, the urgent need for a new building at Cavan Institute. As he will probably be aware, Cavan Institute provided a virtual tour of its impressive college in recent months. None of himself, the Minister, Deputy Harris, or their Department need to be convinced of the legitimacy of the argument for a new...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age: EU Commissioner for Competition (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Before I introduce our witness for this session, I ask the members of the committee to ratify the draft minutes of our previous public and private meetings, which were held on 16 June. Are the minutes formally agreed and there are no matters arising? Agreed. This meeting has been convened to hear from the European Commission Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Competition,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age: EU Commissioner for Competition (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Vestager for that insightful introduction to our discussion today. I am sure the sentiments she expressed this afternoon will be very much reflected in our members' thoughts and questions. The members are aware of the speaking slots and I will turn first to Deputy Imelda Munster.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age: EU Commissioner for Competition (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Senator Carrigy may get the chance to make a second contribution. To be fair, he had a shorter time. Is Deputy Dillon on the call? No. Does Deputy Griffin have any questions?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age: EU Commissioner for Competition (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Commissioner very much. She has had a busy hour responding to all of our members. I also thank our members. At the risk of sounding repetitive, which is not what I want to do, the Commissioner has covered everything comprehensively. It falls to me to conclude. The erosion of democracy is something that has left our countries and world highly vulnerable. We saw what happened...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age: EU Commissioner for Competition (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The one thing we have learned is that while Zoom is fine and brings us to a certain level, we cannot beat face-to-face conversations in the same room and, as the Commissioner said, seeing the twinkle in people's eyes and reading the body language. We do miss that and we look forward to getting back to that day very soon. I thank the Commissioner most sincerely for being with us today and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Making Europe Fit for the Digital Age: EU Commissioner for Competition (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: We will now suspend to allow the secretariat to make arrangements for the next session with representatives from the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the music and entertainment sectors.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Music Entertainment Association of Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: This meeting with representatives from the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland, MEAI, has been convened to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the entertainment sector. I welcome Mr. Jackie Conboy, a co-founder of the MEAI, and his colleague, Mr. Matt McGranaghan. They will be joining us remotely via Microsoft Teams. The format of the meeting is that I will invite our witnesses to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Music Entertainment Association of Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I appreciate Mr. Conboy's very positive comments. Many members of the committee are directly or indirectly involved in the industry as well, or were in former lives. I believe Mr. McGranaghan is not going to give a presentation but he is there for answers as well, as we have a very short session. I advise members that rather than the speaking slot method we used last time, we are going to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Music Entertainment Association of Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise to Deputy Munster but I must keep these slots short to get to everybody. I must move on.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Music Entertainment Association of Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I call Senator Carrigy. I ask him to be as brief as he can to give everybody a chance to get in. I remind members we only have 20 minutes for this session, so I ask them to keep it to one question, comment or statement so I can give everybody a shot.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Music Entertainment Association of Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. McGranaghan and call Deputy Mattie McGrath. If members wish to ask questions, I invite them to indicate. We are coming very close to the end of the session.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Music Entertainment Association of Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I have given everyone an opportunity to speak. There will not be time for a second round but people had at least one opportunity to speak. I thank the witnesses for being here. I also thank Senator Eugene Murphy, who has been a champion for their organisation. He has done Trojan work in the background with the MEAI in the context of its convening its committee and making the presentation...