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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)

Niamh Smyth: Perhaps not. I have a good feeling that Dr. Campbell got to make everything in her presentation vivid in the minds of our members. That concludes our meeting today. I thank our witnesses for their very impressive statements and, more importantly, the robust discussion we have had since then. All of their points will be taken on board. It has been a most helpful engagement in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse additional special education teaching supports in mainstream classes on the grounds of exceptional circumstances for a school (details supplied) in view of the increased number of students who are in need of additional supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Jun 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the approved extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the development of proposals to provide for domestic violence leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the effectiveness of supports provided to early years childcare during the pandemic; the planned continued supports for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome our guests and my colleagues. It is great to have them all here again for what will be a very exciting and insightful presentation. I have a bit of housekeeping to go through and I would ask our guests to bear with me while we do that. This meeting has been convened with representatives of Screen Producers Ireland and the Joint Creative Audiovisual Sectoral Group as our ninth...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Kirby. She has given a very good insight. The numbers employed in the sector are impressive and, as she said, are growing. They have gone from strength to strength, prior to the pandemic, of course. I am sure that will inspire a lot of questions from the members. I now invite Ms Hamilton to address the committee on behalf of the Joint Creative Audiovisual Sectoral Group and I...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. McCabe, whose video was excellent. I am a great believer in a picture painting a thousand words and that has been achieved so eloquently and in such a sophisticated way in his video. I thank him for going to the trouble of making it for our committee and presenting it to us. Without further ado I will move to our members, who will have a slightly longer time of five minutes...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I have given Senator Cassells as much latitude as possible. I have to move on. We might be get to bring him back in.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: We seem to have lost Mr. Hickey.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Yes, we 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) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: The case is very well made. I thank Senator Byrne for his questions. As Senator Warfield is not available I will make a contribution. I thank the witnesses so much for covering this entire sector, up, down, inside and round about again. We very much appreciate that. From my knowledge of my colleagues, the witnesses are speaking to the converted. Many of us have been watching TV over the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: It brought me back to many moons ago and a famous producer and director, Shane Connaughton, putting the village of Redhills, County Cavan, firmly on the map globally. The impact of that on such a tiny village was phenomenal. We would like to see more of the same. There is no reason a screen tourism mapping of the island could not continue for many years after such an event. Perhaps that...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: Ms Callery makes a very compelling argument. We can all hear that in her voice. Speaking as someone who worked in the arts, it is frustrating to think of the creatives who have to go through the tedious job of putting applications together for the patchwork of funding and convincing people to give them money. That happens even before they enter the real creative process of making a...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank all of our witnesses-----

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: That brings the meeting to a natural conclusion. I thank Ms Kirby, Ms Hamilton, Ms Callery, Mr. McCabe and Mr. Hickey for their insightful, helpful and enthusiastic presentations to the committee. We really appreciate it and it will be very helpful to us as we continue our pre-legislative scrutiny. I also thank my colleagues for their insightful engagement with our guests. We will...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (26 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome members and our guests. I have some housekeeping to do, so I hope everyone will bear with me. We will then get into the formal introductions. There is one item of committee business to address before I call our witnesses to present. Can I take it the draft minutes of our public and private meetings on 19 and 20 May are agreed and no matters arise from them?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Niamh Smyth: This meeting has been convened in the context of the committee's pre-legislative scrutiny of the online safety and media regulation Bill. In our first session, we will meet representatives from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. The witnesses will be joining us remotely. Unfortunately, that is how matters must be at the moment, but it is still good. I welcome Ms...