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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: It is hand-passed to a different Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: The Department does have a financial group, an implementation group and a scientific group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: There is nothing there at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: That is fine. We will pass the buck. I am conscious of time. With regard to skin or blood tests, which is the more effective test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I am sorry for cutting across Dr. Barrett but I have only 30 seconds left. Which is more cost-effective, the skin test or the blood test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Some €57 million was spent in 2023 and €100 million in 2024. What is the forecast cost for 2025 and what is the projection for 2026 and 2027? When discussing timelines earlier, it was indicated that it is not going to be eradicated. What kind of financial cost do we envisage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: What is the estimate for next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: By the end of this programme in 2030, in five years' time, what are we looking at? Is it €250 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: The witnesses are very welcome. We appreciate their comprehensive contributions. As previous speakers indicated, it has been fabulous for me, as a new member of this committee, to hear the different insights from the different stakeholders. I thank them for that. I am conscious of time so I will move through as quickly and cover as much as I can. I compliment Virgin Media Television on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Is Virgin Media at a huge disadvantage with respect to RTÉ and funding for news, current affairs and daytime programming?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Would it like a bigger slice of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: What did Virgin Media receive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: That is interesting. I move to Screen Producers Ireland. What is its position on the future model for funding public service media in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: How will this proposed legislation affect Coimisiún na Meán's media development remit, particularly as it relates to funding for the independent sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: What impact would that have on the sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I am really conscious of time because there are only 30 seconds left. I have one other quick point to get in and I might get in a second. We had RTÉ in here recently. This is connected to the general scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill from a sporting perspective. Would TV3 ever consider looking at a 24-hour sports channel? Obviously, things would have to be put on repeat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: If the Chair will indulge me, I will ask a question of TG4. Its coverage of club matches and underage matches is unbelievable. Is that something it would broaden out?

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Fianna Fáil supports the Bill, which will provide for a new method of calculating the local property tax liabilities in advance of the new valuation period set to commence in 2026. The proposed changes to local property tax will mean that most homeowners will remain in their present valuation bands, which is to be welcomed. Base local property tax charges will increase a small amount...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I was a councillor on Kilkenny County Council for ten years. Kilkenny County Council increased its property tax by 15%. The benefits that came to every single community in the county were unbelievable. Footpaths were upgraded and additional lighting was put in. There was investment in playgrounds and remedial grants, which went from €34,000 to €200,000. Each council had a...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: -----came up with a concrete proposal as to how it was going to do this. Not once did Sinn Féin say which playgrounds it would shut down, which roads it was not going to fund, which libraries it was going to close or which community groups that get amenity grants in the constituency were going to lose funding as a result. All we are hearing from Sinn Féin is soundbite after...