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Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses so much for being here. It is lovely to see them again. I had not seen them since the European elections last year. We were best buddies by the end of that. I have a couple of questions about defence spending and public trust in institutions. On defence, I thought some of the figures around this were very interesting. A quarter of people who believe that the EU is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Bodies (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to potential overreach and undermining of the sovereignty of EU Member States by the European Commission under Article 41.2 of the Treaty on European Union which requires expenditure from the Union budget for the purposes of operations with a military or defence implication are prohibited without unanimity at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department accepts that the lack of dedicated spaces for young people is contributing to poor mental health outcomes and loneliness, given recent research by the European Union Joint Research Centre which found that Ireland is the loneliest country in Europe; the steps her Department is taking to address this issue; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department accepts the need for a national approach to provide integrated youth hubs in towns-cities across Ireland where young people can access State- and community-based services and have a safe space to congregate with their peers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37979/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has been in contact with the Department of Finance and the Department of Social Protection around the application of the Karshan ruling, in light of recent issues around bogus self-employment in bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has issued any guidance or provided any support to bodies under its aegis regarding bogus self-employment and how to correctly apply the Karshan ruling in their work, given the widespread issues regarding bogus self-employment in the arts, media and communications sectors; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is it up to the club to break it down between women's and men's?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is it required that the funding be distributed between them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That would be great. My next question is about gambling advertising. Is it permitted on the streaming platforms? No. I understand the concerns of smaller streamers like LOITV and GAA+ about a potential streaming levy. Do the witnesses think it should be set in accordance with the size of turnover, for example, of a streaming company or some other similar metric that would allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Mr. Quinn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for being here. I apologise for being late; I had another meeting. I will build on some of the previous comments on the distribution of profit. Both organisations highlighted the ring-fencing of profit for grassroots investment. Do they have a breakdown of where those profits go? I appreciate it is a marginal amount, as was mentioned. If it goes to League of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That is excellent. Is there any research available to the organisation? For example, with regard to Senator Cummins question about the weather, does LOITV find it gets any useful data from the subscription of the patterns of users and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank everybody for being here. It is incredibly sobering to hear the witnesses' collective concerns over workers' rights in the sector, particularly in relation to this Bill. I will put an open question to all the witnesses. I have heard the gaps they identified. Some were on our radar - around collective bargaining, for example. Mr. Kane mentioned procurement. I will give the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for being here so late this evening. I appreciate it. It is problematic to think that, given free reign, RTÉ will proceed in this vein to erode both workers' rights and the retention of workers in roles that are in-house versus out. It seems clear to me that when you have organised workers in a publicly owned broadcaster and a level of commercial production...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will come to Ms Vaughan in a minute. It sounds like there is a difference of opinion. Does Mr. Keegan believe it is the intention of RTÉ to shell out the in-house staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does Mr. Keegan think the motivation is around that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Whereas Mr. Dooley is not so convinced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: There are caveats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: People do it for the love of it. I tread the boards myself and I have a lot of family in the area. One genuinely does do not do it for money. Did Mr. O'Brien want to add something?