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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Jun 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of station officer positions in the retained fire service that are vacant by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Jun 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of junior officer rank of driver or mechanic positions that are vacant in the retained fire service by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29503/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (27 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the aviation sector; if a recovery strategy has been put in place for June, July and August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29026/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Some of my questions have already been asked. How important is it to incorporate retention of IP into the proposed national creative content fund and the Bill? Do the witnesses think the promotion of indigenous media benefits the tourist industry? Could they give me an estimate of the amount of funding the proposed entity would involve? What would be the real benefit of this for Irish...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Certainly.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Will the levy help to get the likes of Netflix, FuboTV and Disney to collaborate with production companies in Ireland on new productions? Is there room for smaller production companies to get noticed in this new endeavour?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Chair and witnesses. Does IHREC believe there is scope for discretion on the part of an online safety commissioner without a clearly defined role? Could any such discretion be compromised with regard to the protection of human rights? Ms Gibney referred to the importance of clear definitions. Are there challenges in defining hate speech and discrimination, as these definitions...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: The language used in the Bill is that the commissioners "may" do this or that. There is no redress system or something like that.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: On the communications services, there seem to be many organisations either for it or against it and this might be a thing that falls in between. There are many organisations, like the Children's Rights Alliance, which favour it. Should it be an age thing or what do the witnesses think?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: On the communications services, there seem to be a lot organisations that are including it and some in favour of excluding it for different reasons. Should it be just age-related, like for children under a certain age, or should all be included?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Yes, the private communications services, private messages and so on.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the witnesses for the enlightened discourse. It certainly put the cat among the pigeons, at least. I have three brief questions. Do they think there could be a mechanism based on age for the regulation of private messaging systems, for example, only private messages sent or received by children covered in the Bill? Do they think the commission as it is currently defined may have...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Do the witnesses think the system of redress in the Bill is weak, and what would they like to see included in the Bill that would entrench a more robust appeals system?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: The redress system seems to be very weak in the Bill. What would the witnesses entrench? Would they like to see a more robust appeals system, for instance, if someone is ordered to take something down?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is putting mechanisms and plans in place to protect indigenous scallop fishers after the October Brexit deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28194/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I will be as quick as I can. I understand RTÉ and TG4 put forward a proposal to deal with prominence, with which I agree. I think we should protect our indigenous broadcasting and our domestic news. Mr. Coveney spoke about the electronic programme guide and the primary user interface and he mentioned an advanced EPG being integrated into smart TVs. How can this legislation address...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: There was a question on the regulatory powers.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Mr. Coveney.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the Chair. To finish up, I asked a question on the CyberSafeKids recent study. It said that 92% of kids between eight and 12 years old owned a device and that 28% can go online whenever they want. Do the witnesses have any suggestions on how to strengthen the Bill on these grounds? I would also ask the witnesses to give an opinion on the case of the pay disparity between the Irish...