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

Shane Cassells: I am still a member of the National Union of Journalists so I do want to get to and discuss that but I am specifically asking about RTÉ. In January of this year, RTÉ reappraised its losses from evasion from €50 million to €65 million, which is a very significant amount of money. It is continuing to go in one direction. On top of that, there is also the hit to its...

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

Shane Cassells: Let us move on. The decision is made and the Minister will not change that. It is about reform. Let us talk about future-proofing because it has been identified that 282,000 homes in this country do not have a traditional TV set. If we start billing for access to this, how can we bill? Many young people are accessing an app to download their news through RTÉ News Now, Sky News or...

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

Shane Cassells: NewsBrands Ireland, Local Ireland will be in here with all of their editors and publishers tomorrow. They have particular calls to ensure that we have newspapers continuing into the future. There is a problem here. The model is broken by virtue of the fact that young people, in particular, but also people my own age are not buying news in the traditional fashion that they used to. I had...

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

Shane Cassells: I agree with the Minister with the direction of funding to reporters rather than into the coffers of newspapers. That is the correct way to do it because it ensures that they will be taking that content. A point to note is that we used to have Oireachtas reporters here who provided local and regional newspapers and radio with content from what happened here and the Houses of the Oireachtas...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister and all of the staff in the Department for taking on board our concerns. We spoke specifically about the sections pertaining to the interests of children. This was motivated by the discussions with the special rapporteur on child protection when he came before the committee and with students who came from various primary and secondary schools to debate these points with...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the acceptance by the Government of the references in respect of sporting bodies, as Senator Carrigy has pointed out. As the Minister has said, there is a need for media literacy, not just among educational bodies and society more broadly, and sporting bodies especially. Two weeks ago, we launched our Oireachtas committee report on bullying within sporting organisations. A...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister for taking on board a significant part of the debate last night. Senator Malcolm Byrne and I sought the insertion of a reference to the regulation of gambling in the Bill. I accept what the Minister said, which is that the lead Department with responsibility for this is naturally the Department of Justice, which foresees the creation and implementation of that Bill in...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I agree with Senator Higgins in her summation that the pervasiveness of gambling is highlighted, in particular, online and in that sphere. I think the Senator would recognise my passion in respect of that subject matter as well.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: Notwithstanding that and my passion for the issue, having worked closely with the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, I believe that the regulatory framework for tackling the issue is contained in the Gambling Regulation Bill from the Minister of State and the Department of Justice. Senator Malcolm Byrne and I fought to have that reflected in this Bill, by asking that the Minister, her...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: It should not be lost that this legislation is probably the most significant that will be enacted during this Seanad's term. It will have an impact in many spheres and on many aspects of life in this country. As Senator Higgins said, the Minister and her staff's willingness to engage so fully and so positively has been of great service to everybody in this House. I thank the Minister and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (28 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: In the film, "A Few Good Men", there is a famous courtroom scene at the end where Tom Cruise questions Jack Nicholson, who plays the character, Colonel Jessup. He tells him that he ordered Lieutenant Kendrick to make sure that Private Santiago was not to be touched, but then Santiago is transferred off the base. He asked why there were two orders. Jack Nicholson replied that sometimes men...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (28 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: We are told by the HSE that medical safety issues dictate its policies and that clinicians know best. No one questions that, but what we are being asked to accept from an agency whenever it fails people in emergency departments across the country like it did in Limerick is a one-word statement from its PR department telling us, "Sorry". I do not want the HSE's "Sorry". It proved in that...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: We will move now to the Minister's address. It gives me pleasure to welcome him to the House. I echo what Senator Buttimer said. I am delighted to see the Minister, who will deliver the railway line to Navan and ensure swift transport, in the House. He has ten minutes for his summation.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: I thank all our witnesses for appearing before the committee to discuss the escalating costs in this sector and how the issue is being addressed and teased out with the key stakeholders in the area. A quick look on my laptop at a booking website shows that in Dublin tonight only six properties have rooms available. There is a hotel where 300 Deputies, journalists and others gathered just...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: Absolutely.