Results 641-660 of 2,476 for speaker:Malcolm Byrne
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I am very conscious that everyone has a right to a fair process
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I want us to focus on some of the evidence. Where there are allegations of criminal wrongdoing-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: The views the Deputy is expressing are his own and not those of the committee.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: Well-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I appreciate the Deputy is making an allegation-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: There is a process that needs to be gone through. I ask the Deputy to be careful in his questioning. He is aware of it.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: Does the Deputy have a final question?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: Okay. I thank Deputy McGrath. It falls to me to contribute, but I will allow the two non-members of the committee to make brief interventions. I call Senator Clonan and then Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I know our witnesses have been here for quite a while and I thank for that. There can always be criticism of any organisation. On the policy side, I have always found the trade unions to be very generous with their time and information. To come back to the point made by Deputy Boyd Barrett, if ire is to be directed at those who originally signed up, then the bulk of that ire needs to be...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I want to respond to a point mentioned by Ms Hannick in respect of Equity being part of SIPTU. We are talking here about the future and we have talked a bit about the impact of artificial intelligence on productions and actors. Members may come in on this issue if they so wish. Obviously Ms Hannick will be aware of the disputes in the US involving the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: Can Ms Hannick envisage a future episode of, say, “Fair City” being written by AI and some of the roles being voiced or, indeed, acted by AI?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I agree because AI can never be a substitute for creativity. On the technical side, obviously technology will work in conjunction with human technical experts. Perhaps our guests would like a comment.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I might ask Ms O'Kelly about this because she specifically and understandably mentioned that politicians are interested in elections. A number of elections will take place in the next 12 months. She mentioned the concern about disinformation. Does she see AI being used within the newsroom, particularly to combat disinformation? How prepared does Ms O'Kelly think the RTÉ newsroom would...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious of the opening question posed by my colleague, Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan. He spoke about the past 12 months and how difficult they have been. Certainly, we express our solidarity with many of the workers in RTÉ. Can we be optimistic when we look at the end of this 12-month process and when we get through all the reports. I welcome that all the unions have...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I will give the very last words to Ms O’Kelly.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: It will have to be very quick because we need to wrap up.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: Very quickly.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I will allow 30 seconds for this. Ms Hannick has indicated.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: I need to finish up.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: We have to go into private session. We need to finish up by 4.30 p.m.