Results 61-80 of 2,918 for speaker:Malcolm Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 842. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of her Department. [39601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 992. To ask the Minister for Health to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of her Department. [39610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of his Department. [39609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 1065. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of his Department. [39614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, given the alleged involvement of Iran in the drug trafficking operation halted by the MV Matthew in November 2023, he or his Department have raised this issue with their Iranian counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38554/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, given the alleged involvement of Iran in the drug trafficking operation halted by the MV Matthew in November 2023, he or his Department have raised this issue with their Iranian counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (10 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of peace commissioners in Ireland, by local authority area. [38471/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (10 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to provide for an online list of peace commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38472/25]

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State's strong commitment to the European Union. In this time of global turbulence, it is more important than ever that we talk about why the European Union is in place. It is the world's greatest peace and prosperity project. It is not perfect and there are lots of reasons we can criticise the European Union, but if we think about what the EU has achieved, not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee and for the work they do. One thing I often find as regards the Irish emigrant community is that, when I travel and meet people who are fans or supporters of a particular code or team, it is really important to them. It is a good sign that, this summer, we did not see the row about GAAGO that was stirred up by some high-profile public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Slightly less than 20%. There are probably two elements: the income they would get from the streaming service and then payments from, say, a broadcaster, whether it is RTÉ or Virgin Media. I do not anticipate exact figures, but can the witnesses just give me even ballpark overall revenues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Of that 15%, what would come from RTÉ, Virgin Media, TG4 or whatever else and what would come from GAAGO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I would think that, of the GAA's total revenue, in or around 10% might be coming from the public service broadcasters and then 5% from GAAGO.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: What about the FAI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Declan McBennett, RTÉ's group head of sport, said a couple of days ago that RTÉ sold its 50% stake in GAAGO because the GAA wanted sole ownership. What price was paid for the stake?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: It could be useful to know. The witness is correct about the concern because the streaming levy does not specifically exempt small streaming services in the legislation. It is important in the recommendations of the committee that we look to exempt small streaming services in comparison to Netflix. Given what has been said about dodgy boxes and the challenge, we need to raise our concerns....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all the witnesses. In particular, I welcome Mr. Dooley back. I am not quite sure about Mother Teresa, but he has certainly appeared before this committee far more often than Our Lady has appeared at Lourdes. I thank him for his contribution. Public service broadcasting will not just be provided by RTÉ. It can be provided by TG4, by Virgin Media and local and independent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Mr. Dooley knows where I stand in terms of the broader public funding issue. Should we then have looked at shifting, in line with the Future of Media Commission recommendation, to a fund for public service broadcasting, subject to the conditions but open to anyone who wanted to apply? The danger is, if it is just given to RTÉ, is that the flourishing sector is not encouraged. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Mr. Dooley gets the principle of my point.