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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I thank the witnesses. I find this very engaging. I will point my questions mainly at broadcasting but I would like a reply from everybody on the following points. We had a meeting here last week and I left with a few more questions than answers. I wish to get clarification on a few key points. First, I am fully behind everybody in this room and what they are doing. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: And the people who are supplying RTÉ as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: Can we come back on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: No, that is okay. I was not going to pull Dr. Flynn up on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I am hearing loud and clear that unless funding is ring-fenced, the broadcasters are in trouble. It is as simple as that. That is what I am hearing. Additionality is the elephant in the room that has to be taken on and dealt with head-on. Hopefully we can do it without going down the whole legal route. We have to try to protect. We do not want to lose more titles or more radio stations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: Or not enough.

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I am in total admiration of what the witnesses' organisations are doing. In my previous life, I was in Sri Lanka after the tsunami. I went over there as a private citizen. Twenty years on, I have six orphanages out there. It is a terrible term but I have skin in the game. I know exactly what is going on. With that in mind, and I hope I am not being insulting, when money is announced,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: Hear me out and then I will let everybody come in. It is directed at broadcasting but it is important that everybody gets their answer in it. Based on what I studied, there are 1,069 people working with the witnesses. As somebody coming from the private sector and a business background, they are providing a free service. They are being absolutely hammered with costs, like every other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: RTÉ and Virgin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I understand that, but the majority goes to the supplier rather than-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Men's Sheds (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community organisation such as a men's shed can apply for the workplace adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32531/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 775. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case for the awarding of a pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case for awarding carer’s allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/25]

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: My first question is for Ms Clarke, Dr. Widdis, Dr. O'Connell and IBEC. I was in the hospitality business, with 600 people working for me. I know the issues of dealing with costs and all of that but what we are dealing with here is completely different. During my time in the hospitality business, I was lucky enough to go to Sri Lanka after the tsunami. Twenty years later and I have built...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: We started with the Rana Plaza. I will never forget it. It was one of those events where you remember where you were. It was the day before my birthday, 24 April and 1,137 people died. I know how things operate in Bangladesh, India and so on and this affected 20,000 to 30,000 people because they were the breadwinners. I am not talking about males because most of these people were female....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (11 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress on the reduction of the speed limit in urban cores to 30km/h; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30910/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I do not think I will need ten minutes. I am keen to hear from the representatives of Coimisiún na Meán about where they feel the role of local radio is going. I am from Gorey in County Wexford and I am involved in Arklow as well. East Coast FM and South East Radio are important for me personally. They are so ingrained in the fabric of our society. It is important that we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: On local broadcasting, €50,000 will not go a long way. I keep reiterating how important it is to the local community down there. It is about the big guns coming in, and I feel they are going to dilute the product we have. Alan Corcoran and Liam Spratt are the two who cover the matches down there. They are household names. They are bigger in Wexford than any characters in RTÉ,...