Results 81-100 of 448 for at speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have gone well over my nine minutes at this point. Unfortunately, because I have to attend another event, we will have to nominate another Cathaoirleach Gníomhach to take over.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I was not any good at that either. In terms of the interim funding, I know the Minister said she is bound by pending reports and discussions with Cabinet. Can we have some type of ballpark figure because the Irish citizens want to know the nature of what will be required to keep RTÉ afloat. Obviously, there are staff within RTÉ as well who are very concerned. We have talked...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Will the Minister at least confirm whether it will be more than the €34 million ask?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Again, this is something other committee members have touched on and relates to the cost-cutting exercise which the Minister welcomed. Obviously, we need to see prudence and efficiencies within RTÉ. At the same time, if there is a massive focus on cost cutting, I can imagine it is the regular RTÉ staff who have worked so hard for the organisation who have probably been the most...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: If there was talk about salary cuts, for example, and I am not assuming or predicting anything that may come in the recommendations from the DG, surely the Minister would prefer to see those salary cuts happen at the top end of those earners who are earning large figures as opposed to the staff in RTÉ who really have been impacted by this in a negative way and that their salaries would...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Would the Minister at least say it? The Tánaiste said that he would fear for the independence of RTÉ if it were to be funded directly from general Exchequer funding. Does the Minister share that opinion? Would she share Senator Malcolm Byrne’s opinion?

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...it comes to school transport and the review, we need to over-provide. This whole eligible versus concessionary thing has to go, within reason. It has to go for so many reasons, including for climate action because we need to get cars off the road. Traffic is clogging up our towns and villages. The busiest time, which people try to avoid, is during school times when the traffic is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (28 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his attendance at the UN Sustainable Development Goals summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the reason the decommissioned Bord na Móna, Derryadd peat bog, at Mid Shannon Wilderness Park, County Longford, continues to have large volumes of water drained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41814/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for the update on CLÁR funding. There are many groups eagerly awaiting the announcement of the next round of CLÁR funding. It is great to hear it will be in the coming weeks. One of the groups eagerly awaiting an announcement is Castletownbere GAA. As Deputy Griffin will know, football is everything down on the Beara Peninsula. Castletownbere GAA basically...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (26 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. She referred to her trip down to the Beara Peninsula. She popped to Bere Island for a quick visit. We could have brought her to so many islands on that visit, including Cape Clear, Sherkin Island, Long Island and Dursey Island, which she is also very familiar with. All those islands have common challenges. The Minister referred to many of them. In the first part of...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...have rightly spoken about the challenges faced by children in Temple Street hospital and those who are under the care of CHI and the certainty they need in terms of future procedures and operations. Those who were under private care of the consultant at the centre of this controversy and those who were being treated under that clinic are in just as uncertain a position. Many of them are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The Chairman will be revelling in this SUV bashing as he certainly is not a fan. Not many of us are fans. The discussion so far has been very one-sided but defending SUVs is difficult, especially when we consider the information in Mr. Nix's last slide, which referred to the safety implications of these larger cars. It is very hard to defend...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It caused friction in the household. This is an example of what went on. Another individual subscribed to GAAGO but the match started buffering. It kept buffering and it paused and he gave up. He missed out on the game. My father has a Nokia 3210 and an old dinosaur of a television. My parents could not stream it. Unfortunately they ended up missing out on the same Cork and Tipperary...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank our witnesses for attending a gruelling three-hour meeting. It cannot be easy. I certainly would not like to be in their shoes at this point. Fair play to them for offering to come in to try to clarify many of the issues that have arisen over the past three weeks. That is commendable. That said, the Committee of Public Accounts session has posed further questions. I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: -----in any way, shape or form. What I am trying to get at here is whether Mr. Tubridy still has full trust and faith in Mr. Kelly-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: -----quite the question. The way the Committee of Public Accounts meeting played out this morning over three hours is that many questions were put to Mr. Kelly about the description of the invoices as "consultancy fees" and the fact that they came from CMS Marketing, which was different to where they would usually come from. There are many doubts among the public. With Mr. Tubridy knowing...