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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank the witnesses for attending. I welcome the submissions and look forward to their answers, as they are an integral part of the global communications network. I will start with a general observation. I do not think there is a public representative who has not had a friend or colleague harassed online or worried parents contacting our constituency offices to complain about their...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I ask the Taoiseach to act on the waiting list for autism spectrum disorder, ASD, assessments in Wexford and throughout the State. The reply to a recent parliamentary question revealed that 436 children have been waiting well over 12 months for an ASD assessment in Wexford alone. These holistic supports cannot be put in place if families are left waiting for up to four years for an...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Most Deputies in the House will agree that a degree of gratitude must also be extended to Deputy Quinlivan, who has long championed this cause, having introduced previous Bills on the topic to this House. The Bill before us aims to promote fairer access to tickets for cultural, entertainment, recreational and sporting events by prohibiting...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank all the witnesses. It has been a useful engagement. Obviously, I am appearing last and many questions have been asked but I would like to explore the situation with the community standards on the services providers. We should be able to get to those where they are published. They should be published and we should be able to challenge. We have heard the witnesses. A designated...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I cannot see why we cannot use the Public Health (Alcohol) Act as an example. We have the junk food industry as well. As witnesses said, if we allow service providers to have their own standards, they are there for profit, to make money and to exploit. They will exploit children. I have grandchildren and it is worrying. Mr. Church spoke about a 13-year-old with Kate's story. I 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) (13 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Ms Jennings brought up a question about all accounts being made private by default. What should be explored, and is not explored much, is the principle of data ownership. That is where we should focus some of our expertise. There are great conversations happening now in America about ownership of all sorts of items, including the ownership of one's own data and not allowing service...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: Education is one thing but, if we get into the nuts and bolts of it, the nub of the issue is the passing on of ownership. That is where all the service providers gain. The little button is pressed and that is it, they can sell the data across the board, globally, and make lots of money out of it. I would like to see the issue of direct ownership of data explored.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: This is the time of year that Deputies will be receiving correspondence from local schools about teacher and special needs assistant allocations. In my area of Wexford I am already working with St. Fintan's National School in Taghmon about its teacher allocations and Glenbrien National School about the provision of teacher hours. St. Fintan's faces losing a teacher and an administrative...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this Bill, which Sinn Féin fully endorses. I also thank the Debenhams workers across the country for their inspiring achievement in bringing about this Bill. The Bill proposes that the law be changed to prioritise workers, giving them the right to be placed as a top creditor in the case of liquidations. Most importantly, any unpaid...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Development Companies (12 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for local development companies that unlike private entities provide a complete wrap-around service for their communities and work on an non for profit basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24716/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I apologise that I missed the presentation and I do not know what has been asked already. How important will the media pluralism commissioner be? The Bill makes reference to a child safety commissioner, but it merely provides that the Minister may appoint a child safety commissioner. I ask the witnesses to outline their views on the importance of that. It was stated earlier that before...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: In his observations, Professor O'Mahony mentioned financial harm, as something that should be included in the definition of harmful content. He referred to gambling. For example, young teenagers are playing slot machine simulations which may cause financial harm in the future.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for the River Slaney, Enniscorthy town, County Wexford; when the scheme will be formally signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24087/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislative measure and the associated regulation of the Planning and Development Act 2000 which lists or makes reference to the key observations or considerations that must be taken into account when making a planning observation on a proposed development. [24350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (11 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the establishment of a working group to develop an autism innovation strategy; the estimated timeframe for publication of this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate plans that are in place to deal with the severe waiting lists for autism spectrum disorder assessments in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24086/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill today. Climate action is about us all being good custodians and leaving the planet in a healthy condition for future generations. It is about respecting and protecting nature but above all it is about a just and fair transition. I recently met with a group of climate activists from my own County Wexford in a Zoom call and their focus and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (5 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a list will be provided of the inshore fishers and the organisations (details supplied) he or his Department have consulted with in relation to the National Marine Planning Framework; the dates of the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (5 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the seven inland fishers who were consulted in relation to the National Marine Planning Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23274/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Ms Craig, Ms Dolan, Mr. O'Keeffe and Ms Morgan. Most of the questions I had wanted to ask have been asked but I have one more. Mr. O'Keeffe mentioned that he would like to see gender-based harm included in the scope of the Bill. Will he expand on what he means by this? In his opening statement, he said that he is of the view that the media commission should have greater discretion...