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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community (14 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: I welcome our guests. I loved Mr. Pollak's contribution. As a journalist, he chose his adjectives differently than politicians would. He put a bit more grizzle on them and used a bit more punch. He used the phrase, "Will the people of the Republic be able to stomach the profound changes that are required", be those in respect of flags, anthems or these Parliament Buildings. Deputy Ó...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community (14 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: -----on what he has done, not only in private, but in putting together a significant body of work on what the economies would look like and framing that information in a real and tangible way. Many in this country want to start the debate from the wrong place. That will lead to a car crash along the lines of the example I gave at the outset of people flying flags in fields among cows. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: The issue of policing is one that all of us grapple with regularly. The announcement in the budget that 1,000 additional gardaí will be allocated and provided for is very welcome. However, the issue of allocation and where those gardaí eventually find themselves in our local towns and villages is one I think we all have concerns about. When we raise that in here, if we have a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Senator. I concur with what she said about last Friday. It was a really worthwhile engagement.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: I now turn to Senator Flynn who, I believe, has a new Taoiseach's nominee beside her joining us in the Seanad this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: I call Senator Carrigy and I welcome Ciara from his office, who is from Luxembourg and who is a student in Trinity College Dublin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: I welcome Eddie O'Reilly from Longford, who has served the nation with distinction in the Defence Forces. This is his first time to visit the Houses of the Oireachtas. He joins us with Deputy Flaherty. I call on Senator Mullen and I apologise for skipping over him earlier.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: In respect of the discourse between the Deputy Leader and Senator Mullen, we are all aware that the judgments of the courts are not being criticised here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: It is important to put that on the record.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (30 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: I wish to extend a warm welcome to all of our witnesses. Senator Boyhan talked about how great it is to hear the voice of youth in this Chamber. As the youngest Senator present, I want to say, among all of my distinguished colleagues, how great it is to represent the voice of youth on this side. I thank the Chair for organising today and ensuring that dialogue happens. As previous...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: We had budget speeches in the Seanad yesterday evening to dissect and welcome the packages worth €90 billion throughout all Departments. A very small aspect of the budget mentioned yesterday, on which I had certainly campaigned for a number of years in association with Local Ireland and NewsBrands, was the elimination of VAT on newspapers. It has gone from 9% to zero and this will...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Musical Theatre Education in Ireland: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: I welcome all of the witnesses. This committee is honoured to have them here representing such a breadth of talent in this country. That is the very essence of this committee and we are honoured to have them. I was struck by Mr. Roche's comment about writing music and then asking what he should do next to put all of the other components together. His comment brought back to me an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Musical Theatre Education in Ireland: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: This is similar to the work we did with Sport Ireland. We compiled a body of work and presented that to the Ministers when they came in. Could we do something similar with these submissions so that we can try to get feedback to what people are putting forward and so that today is not open-ended? I have an observation on the briefing document that Ms Kelleher provided to us. She equated...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Musical Theatre Education in Ireland: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: There are two talented Meath men in the room.

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. It is great to have the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, in the Chamber on this very significant day when we see expenditure on this country's budget exceed €90 billion. As I sat in the Dáil today and listened to both Ministers, Deputies Donohoe and Michael McGrath, I thought about the bravado of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in England last...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: I will watch the clock. Just as governments are supposed to do, the responsible people in the room got up and did that today. When you look at this budget in the round in terms of what it has achieved, you will see that it has achieved the key principles of helping people with real financial assistance, putting money in people's pockets to give them certainty to plan for the next year and...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: I apologise for interrupting. The closure was announced today of the Fingal Independent-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: Yesterday, the HSE's emergency department task force revealed some frightening statistics, when it reported that this year alone there have been some 40,000 breaches of over a 24-hour wait time to be seen in our emergency departments. The very same HSE that is failing so miserably in this regard, and the very same agency, at the same time, has been compiling a report to close an emergency...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Media Commission Report: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the Minister and all of her officials. I join her in thanking all of the members of the Future of Media Commission who did such excellent work and who have been so engaging during the Covid pandemic and at other times in holding webinars and encouraging debate. They have been extremely helpful in formulating discourse on this very important topic. With regard to the technical...