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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy takes liberties. There are a couple of comments on the opening statement from Dr. Roddy. I am a former student of the old Sligo RTC which I attended many years ago. The conclusion that society can only benefit both socially and economically by valuing autistic individuals and their families and allowing them the opportunity to reach their true potential and participate in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Fiacre Ryan made a comment that just because he could not speak, he is no less intelligent. That is a mindset society in general needs to change. Does Dr. Roddy wish to come in on any of those points? I did not mention the issue of clinical settings versus educational settings, which was referenced. Trials of the school inclusion model were done in CHO 7. The results have not been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Ms McDonagh made a comment about the Disability Act. What is coming across from the large number of meetings we have had on this whole issue is the right for an assessment of needs but not having a right for a service. I believe that needs to change. Something like seven to ten High Court cases a week are being taken to access an assessment of needs and children who need them are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I sincerely thank all the witnesses, Ms McDonagh, Ms Lavin, Ms Locke-Reilly and Dr. Roddy, for coming. We have had a very wide-ranging discussion. The witness statements and the answers they have given will be core to many of the recommendations we will be making. That is not jumping ahead and saying what they will be. It has been extremely beneficial for the committee to hear their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Chairperson for letting me in at this stage. I appreciate it. I welcome Mr. Mahon and Mr. Brannigan. Having served on Longford County Council, I have known both of them for many years. I have every confidence in their ability to deal with the issues relating to the county, not only in the context of housing. Since they came to Longford, they have both done significant work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The normal timeline for delivering something at stage one in another town would be two or three years. What are we looking at in this case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I do not think that is acceptable from Irish Water when dealing with the second and third largest towns in the county where there is a lot of industry. It is something that needs to be pushed and progressed further. I welcome that the vacant homes officer will promote the Croí Cónaithe scheme and other schemes, including the repair and lease scheme. There is significant funding...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for being late. I have a couple of questions and might come back later, if possible, as I did not get to go through the reports fully. A comment was made as to how trusted Irish media are. I believe the figures in the report are that 72% of people trust mainstream media versus 30-odd% who trust social media. That is acknowledged in the Future of Media Commission report and we...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: RTÉ plans to bring it back next year.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Mr. Coveney said it was intended to go up against international productions but the reality is that it ended up going up against many homegrown productions in December and the first week of January. That is the period when there are homegrown pantomime productions in every town and county.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: My view, which is not a professional one, is that the timing was wrong. If RTÉ is considering putting on the show prior to "The Late Late Toy Show", that would make sense to me, as a person looking at it from the outside.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the witnesses for their responses. I should have said at the beginning, not to be negative, that we were disappointed that before Christmas, when we had asked RTÉ, Virgin and the BAI to come before the committee to discuss policy, both Virgin and RTÉ declined that invitation, yet the BAI was prepared to come in to discuss policy. We represent the taxpayer, and the taxpayer...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Yes, which comes under the remit of this Oireachtas committee. I just wanted to make that point. I wish to make a few points about Virgin. Mr. Farrell mentioned six channels. Is six channels too many to be putting out? As for Screen Ireland, the Cathaoirleach mentioned certain areas of the country. It was brought to my attention that if a company looking to make a production within...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The public service charge was mentioned. I work with An Post, which is a collector of the licence fee. Some of the witnesses are not in favour of that. If a charge was payable by every household, it would be easier to collect the fee and the figures would change dramatically. People would not have an issue paying the charge if its funding was available across all sectors – regional...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: No. It is the reality-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: That is good to hear. We need to change the narrative, particularly for the younger generation, who are looking for information elsewhere and are not getting factually correct information.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: On behalf of myself and the members of Fine Gael in County Longford, and my fellow councillor colleagues on Longford County Council, I congratulate Senator Buttimer on attaining the position of Cathaoirleach. His appointment is more than well deserved. The first time I met Senator Buttimer was probably the 2011 Seanad election. I recall that we had a deep discussion and realised that we...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I support the proposal that Senator Mark Daly become Leas-Chathaoirleach. I wish him well in that role. I acknowledge my colleague, neighbour and friend, Senator Joe O'Reilly, who has served in the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach for the past two and a half years. To say the Senator is a gentleman is an understatement. We can say nothing but good things about Joe because he is a friend to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I echo the comments of my fellow Members and extend my sympathies to the family of the late Private Seán Rooney. I come from a constituency that used to have three barracks in Mullingar, Longford and Athlone, with Custume Barracks in Athlone being the main barracks. There is a very strong military history in the area. A lot of service has been given to the Defence Forces from people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I concur with the comments of Senator Buttimer with regard to international surrogacy recommendtions which have been accepted by Government. Great praise has to go to our colleague, Senator Mary Seery Kearney. We would not be where we are today without the work that she has put in over the past 24 months. I want to say well done to her for her work on that. This morning, significant...