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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I do need to wrap it up very soon.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I can see what picture will be on the front of our report now.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank everybody. This was a positive and informative session for all of us in that we learned something. There is a lot of support within this committee and even in terms of us being able to communicate to the Ministers, Deputies Catherine Martin and Michael McGrath. It is about coming up with practical solutions. To Deputy Griffin's suggestion around practical measures, dare I say that...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Apologies, I did not see Ms Honan was indicating.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I agree. We appreciate that. This committee also has responsibility for tourism and we talk about the impact of cultural tourism. What everyone does here is really important. Our committee wants to help and to work with the witnesses to achieve that. I thank everybody for their time today. Our guests should feel free to correspond and keep us under pressure. We will now suspend briefly...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Go raibh maith ag Elaine Geraghty. Anois beidh Paul Cummins as Telegael.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank Mr. Duggan and all our witnesses who have presented. We move now to the question-and-answer session. The speaking rota has been circulated and each member will have a slot of approximately ten minutes. I will be reasonably lenient. I call Senator Warfield.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Was Ms Geraghty signalling to come in on that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I call Mr. McCabe, who is to be followed by Mr. Duggan. We will have time for another round but I am conscious of others.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: We are not going to discuss RTÉ at this session. This is specifically about supporting regional funding and there will be another opportunity. It is related to it.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister for bringing forward this legislation. I have absolutely no doubt that the creation of these funds, at some stage in the future, will be viewed as one of his finest legacies. Indeed, it will have a profound impact on this country. I have no doubt - and I say this with respect to my colleague, Senator Warfield - that at some stage in the future, Sinn Féin will...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I can appreciate some of the principles that have informed Senator Clonan's amendment. I noted the typo. He previously proposed what we called the Homer amendments, but now seems to seek biblical influence. I understand where he is coming from and one of the challenges is understanding the role of this agency. I am speaking specifically to the amendment. A lot of the focus of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: The Acting Leader may be aware that, at the weekend, the open finals of the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival took place in Athlone. The overall winner was Ballyduff Drama Group from County Waterford, directed by Ger Canning. It had a superb production of The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth. I had the privilege of seeing it when it was in Gorey as part of the festival circuit. Dalkey...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Who is the Deputy replacing?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (14 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, for attending to deal with this issue on behalf of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. He will be very aware that the Minister initiated the first large-scale review of the school transport scheme since it was established in 1967 and that the report on the review, School Transport 2030, was published on 27 February. It is very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (14 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. I thank the Minister of State for the response. I guess what I was hoping to hear within it would be more details around the planned pilot scheme. Where the Department states details to the areas to be included will be available shortly, what is defined by "shortly"? Are we to expect this within the next couple of weeks? What...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with this legislation and I praise him for how personally invested he has been. It is a very significant piece of work, and I thank him for engaging. The number of contributions here reflects the very legitimate concerns in this House but also among the wider community. This has taken a long time to come into being. As the...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, on her appointment and wish her the best in the role. She has shown herself to be very capable and I am certain she will represent us very effectively at discussions in Brussels and other European capitals. I also welcome her officials. The Minister of State is very fortunate in having some excellent officials in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (8 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Like others, I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him the best in his new role. I know he will put his heart and soul into it. The issue I raise is the HSE cyberattack. Next week is the third anniversary of the detonation of the Conti ransomware, which caused widespread disruption in the health service at the height of the pandemic. This was the result of a malware...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (8 May 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for the response but I am afraid it does not tell us a lot more than we already knew from the reply I received this time last year. I am worried that issues like the elimination of the Windows 7 estate are still appearing as part of the process. There is a lot of emphasis placed on the leadership of a chief information security officer within the HSE but if one...