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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: My next question is for Dr. May. The requirement is that the chief executive not be paid any more than the Secretary General of a Department. I assume it is a standard Secretary General of a Department, not one who may sit on the board of the FAI.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: My next question is based on the fact that Mr. Bonner is on the screen. He is probably the veteran. I say that respectfully. Having seen the FAI go through various guises over time, could he give his perspective on the governance issues and what we are due to talk about today, which concerns facilities investment and vision?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: If there are one or two recommendations in the report, but also generally, on which Mr. Bonner would have an ask of the Government regarding investment in grassroots soccer, what are they?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I might ask Mr. Hill or some of the FAI team to elaborate on that, on the basis of the submission here. If one was to look at trying to influence Government policy, what are the two or three areas where we could deliver in the short term? I am particularly thinking about grassroots but I get Mr. Bonner's point in that there has to be a synergy at all levels.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I want to ask about the issue Mr. Bonner raised, the issue around multi-use sporting facilities - which is a challenge for the community - and the co-operation between the FAI at grassroots level and other sporting codes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I want to conclude-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: -----by commending the FAI on its work on the women's game, not just with the national team, although their success has brought great joy to all of this summer. I can see the activity at grassroots level so I welcome the comments, and the fact that it is very much built into the strategy here today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (12 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I raise the question of the ambulance base at Gorey, County Wexford.I am sure the Minister of State will join me in paying tribute to our hardworking ambulance crews across the country. The ambulance crew that is operating in Gorey is operating in a Portakabin that is completely substandard and unacceptable as a workplace. The National Ambulance...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (12 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I appreciate that the Minister of State is answering on behalf of the Department of Health but tell us something we do not know. Essentially all we are told is that it is included in the capital plan even though it had been in the strategic plan for 2016 to 2020. There has been no progress. What the Minister of State is clearly saying is that the HSE has given no real commitment to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Like others, I would like to pay tribute to Senator Mary Seery Kearney for all of her work on the surrogacy issue. She brought her personal story but she has clearly delivered on this issue. I want to say, "Well done". On the other issue, I want to pay tribute to all of our healthcare workers, including many of those who come from all over the world. I see at first hand the vital work...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: The Leader will be aware of the hurricane that happened in Leitrim and the impact it has had. I have raised in the House previous similar incidents in Foulksmills in south Wexford. Extensive damage was done to a number of homes as a result of winds blowing at a rate of up to 130 km/h. Any of the much needed supports for Leitrim village should also be made available to those in Foulksmills....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I also join the Cathaoirleach and Leader in congratulating Mary on her service. I wish her the very best for the next chapter in her life. I also welcome Emma, Yvonne and Michelle to the Gallery. They have been doing enormous work in north Wexford to resolve the school bus issue, which I know many of us have to address. There are a number of issues I would like to raise today, the first...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: notes: - the enormous challenges and opportunities that Artificial Intelligence(AI) and emerging technologies present for all sectors of society; - that AI will be embedded in almost every aspect of life; - that AI could lead to significant positive improvements in delivery of services such as healthcare or in transport; - the particular...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. I also thank my colleagues here in the Seanad for their input on this issue. A number of people have praised the role of the AI ambassador, Dr. Patricia Scanlon. It might be in order at some stage, and perhaps in the new year, for us to invite her to address the Seanad and inform us about her work, and her perspective as to how...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: At 1 p.m., next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome the proposal from the Minister for Social Protection to extend pension rights to family carers. I want to ensure that it is extended to foster carers. Foster carers do an incredibly important job in this State. There are about 6,000 vulnerable children and young people in care, and 90% of them are looked after and brought to realise their full potential by foster carers. One of...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for the continued investment being made in sport across a range of levels. I refer to the investment to Sport Ireland and the national governing bodies. There is often much criticism - and rightly so - of some of the governing bodies but it should be acknowledged that many of them are effectively implementing the sports strategy. I pay tribute to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (15 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I want to raise Ireland's relationship with Hong Kong and, in particular, the continued crackdown by the Chinese communist party not just of journalists, politicians, pro-democracy activists and students but anybody who seeks to question it in any way in the special autonomous region of Hong Kong. In recent years, because of the introduction of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (15 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State. I am very grateful both for his statement on this matter and, indeed, the strong stance of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs on human rights and continuing to raise it and making sure that Ireland's voice is heard in the case of Jimmy Lai and so many others who are being unlawfully detained. That is critical. We must also bear in mind that...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I join with the Cathaoirleach in welcoming the Latvian ambassador and extending best wishes for Patriot Week.