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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: We have already seen leaks from the Department of Finance which says it is opposed to the Exchequer picking up the bill, which would lead to debates from Virgin Media, as well. It is a discussion because, ultimately, the €500 million that has been lost over the past number of years has impacted on what programming can be done with what was coming back to RTÉ and what it would be...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: Is Ms Forbes advising to scrap the licence fee and move to the broadcasting charge? Is that still her preferred option?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: Senator Malcolm Byrne also touched on the policy of retiring at 65. Obviously, we had the case last year which ended in the settlement with Anne Roper for €100,000. Are people still being asked to retire at 65 and has a policy been put in place since that case?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: Will there be positive engagement with those who are approaching 65, but do not want to retire? Has a policy been put in place since the court case last year?

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: The Minister is very welcome. It is sad and unfortunate these restrictions are necessary as a result of the health situation and where we find ourselves. It was such a fantastic period when we had full auditoriums back again. At the end of November and start of December, I was lucky enough to attend three live shows with full houses over three weekends, demonstrating my wide taste in...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Chair and welcome the Minister of State. I am glad he did not forget the Meath women in the list of accomplishments he rattled off. He could not congratulate them at the end. I note that six of the eight nominees for sportsperson of the year in Ireland in the RTÉ awards on Saturday are leading female athletes and footballers from across the country. That is noteworthy. I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: My time is running down. The language used by the IRFU is quite hostile. It stated that the responsible approach would be to allow the review process to conclude, but the ethos and the thrust of the demands in the statement from the players was that they had no confidence in the reviews to begin with. We saw that governance change only happened in the FAI when money was withheld in the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: Chief among them was a demand for the Minister of State to ensure that the oversight of the ongoing reviews would be transparent and maintain their independence. The IRFU has full confidence in its own reviews but the players do not. How will the Minister of State make sure that is achieved to the players' satisfaction? If the IRFU stands firm against that transparency, what is the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: Does the Minister of State accept-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: -----that the players have stated that they have no faith that-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: -----significant change will occur as a result of this?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: I welcome our guests and thank them for their substantial presentations. Ms O'Connor and Dr. May both made comments about visibility and percentages. Unfortunately, visibility was not an issue in the past 48 hours because the grievances and concerns that have been aired by the international rugby players made the back page of every single national newspaper and, indeed, some front pages as...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: I will return to the issue of visibility and the role of Sport Ireland in terms of participation. What is Sport Ireland's analysis of the impact of high-profile stars airing their grievances in significant detail? What is the impact on young rugby players and those involved across codes? Does it reinforce the negative connotations to which Ms O'Connor referred earlier? Does it reinforce...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: When Ms O'Connor and I spoke earlier in the year, the issue of equality of funding for ladies football and camogie was a hot topic. Some €2.4 million has since been announced to create that equality. I am sure Ms O'Connor welcomes that. What is her analysis of that situation and what does she think will be required in the new year?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: Ms O'Connor referred to on coaching, an issue that Dr. May also touched on. We had a report from the FAI a few weeks ago, launched by Packie Bonner, which referred to the importance of football across different aspects of society. One of the things mentioned, which was startling, was that in Louth, the game had in the past not even existed due to a lack of coaches. That changed over the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: I will turn to media coverage, from a positive point of view. Ms O'Connor earlier gave us the startling statistic that in 2018, 3% of the coverage of sport in Ireland dealt with women's sport. That is pathetic. We are going to see a lot of positive coverage this weekend because six of the eight nominees for sports person of the year are women from multiple sports. That will be covered....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: On the issue of retention, Mr. Perry mentioned the figures in his presentation. He said the number of referees had dropped to 1,200. Is a part of that drop also associated with the increase in the registration fee to €100 to complete the referees course? What is the retention figure for those 1,400 referees who are registered today? Is that fully retained at 1,400?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Perry mentioned that the training happened online this year. Is the FAI liaising with the ISRS to get that practical support, even in terms of spatial awareness on the pitch? Is that happening as a follow-on from the online courses?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: I will move to Mr. Ryan, who is welcome. I told my colleagues earlier in private session that being from Meath we do not have any problems because we always played by the rules and we did not need whistles. We have come a long way from the incidents of the 1980s with referees being put into the back of Fiat Uno's. On a serious note, I am guessing Mr. Ryan heard David Gough, my fellow...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Shane Cassells: Whether it be underage or senior, where does Mr. Ryan see the problems from liaising with his colleagues?