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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport pick-up point could be changed to address safety concerns (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41645/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent decision could be made on an application (details supplied) considering that the applicant has an extremely urgent reason requiring immediate travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41593/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when services (details supplied) will be made available by the HSE to a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41584/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service (details supplied) could be provided to working parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41585/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of speech will be carried out (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41586/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a full review will take place of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41587/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment given the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (10 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce the 2025 funding for Men’s Sheds in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40597/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (10 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce the 2025 tidy towns grants for local groups in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40598/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40850/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: I welcome the officials from the Department. I will start at the back before moving forward. What supports has the Department given the shellfish market over the past year? It is being put through the mill, particularly with Brexit. How much of the adjustment fund was drawn down by Ireland and how much was sent back? That money was sent to Ireland to try to support fishers. Why have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: Most people in the shellfish market had to export through England into Europe, but Brexit has created a problem, given the barriers. What supports have been provided to help the market? The industry is in great difficulty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: I do not wish to be disrespectful, as Ms McSherry is answering the questions she is asked, but why has there been such resistance within the Department to hook-and-line fishers in recent years? Why will it not give a bit more quota to small fishers, particularly on the west coast, who are depending on it for their livelihoods? Ms McSherry and I know it is a difficult life and anything those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: That is fair enough. Ms McSherry is not the Minister, to be fair, and I cannot say any more about that. Nevertheless, she might get the Department to consider other species that fishers could fish but are not allowed to. These people have gone through a very difficult time over recent years. This keeps a lot of jobs and people working and a lot of money in the economy, especially in rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: My final question relates to the industry itself. I have noticed over the years that there are a lot of fishing organisations. Have they come together and are they singing from the same hymn sheet, or is there still the same level of competition between their representatives? The Minister will go to the EU between now and Christmas to negotiate again, and we all want to be on the same hymn...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: I have a few questions for information really, more than anything else. Who would these archives be available to and would they pay for these archives? What are the views of RTÉ on not letting the archives out? To be fair to RTÉ over the years, we have all those fantastic programmes like "Reeling in the Years" and the like. We forget what Ireland was like ten, 20, 30 years ago....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: To be fair to Deputy Costello, his heart is in the right place, but I am worried about what I see going on. If you put what he proposes into legislation, people would think they have rights and that RTÉ must jump based on them every time a request is made. It would be like the freedom of information arrangements. That power is totally abused. Recently, a guy contacted my office who...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: It does not stop RTÉ from replaying if it wants to do so.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: It cannot give it to anybody else. My other question is on staffing. How many staff are in place to produce material for and maintain and look after the archives? If the legislation comes in, will an increasing number of organisations be seeking access to the archives? Would RTÉ be able to cope?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Ring: That is fair enough. The final question I was going to ask has been half answered. It relates to availability and what is available already. Somebody wrote to me recently saying there were no RTÉ archives but one of my girls in the office was able to reply that there were. Maybe RTÉ should be promoting the archives more, indicating how people can gain access to them. I...