Results 101-120 of 2,648 for speaker:Malcolm Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's position on the creation of a European Capital Markets Union; his views on the progress on the issue at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 319. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of the AI Act in Ireland and in particular on the development of an AI sandbox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28780/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Schemes (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the importance and extent of tourism and trade links between Ireland and Normandy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has concerns in relation to other countries seeking to influence Irish elections and referenda through misinformation and disinformation; if there is a strategy to counter this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28756/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the development of a national park at the Blackstairs Mountains in south Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28757/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025 to his Department and to agencies under his remit, including Uisce Éireann, of legal actions relating to planning and construction of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28758/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any legislation could currently be used to prosecute those who use artificial intelligence to create child pornography deepfakes; if he will consider introducing a specific offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28777/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Genetically Modified Organisms (29 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy position on the use of genetic modification to prevent diseases in crops and in animals; if any research work is being carried out by his Department or agencies in the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Chair. I welcome the witnesses although I fear it is a case of here we go again. As one of only two members who served on the last committee, I am familiar with many of the issues. During the previous Oireachtas, I asked Mr. Bakhurst whether there was anything else and he honestly answered at the time that he did not think so, to the best of his knowledge. However, we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Can I ask specifically when Mr. Bakhurst personally became aware of this problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I am not doubting Mr. Bakhurst's honesty but somebody in RTÉ was aware of this issue in 2023. Mr. Bakhurst came in as director general and he was aware of all the other controversies happening. Did nobody in RTÉ think to come to him and say, "Hey, DG, we have a problem involving a €3.6 million write-down"? Particularly given everything else that was going on, was that not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I appreciate that. One never necessarily gets praise for projects that are delivered on time and on budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: However, €3.6 million is a significant write-down. I respect the work Mr. Bakhurst is doing but he will understand my concern that he, as director general, was not informed of the issue internally. My next question is for Mr. Ó Coigligh. Is it correct that the Department was not alerted to this problem at any stage until it sent its request about it to RTÉ?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: When did somebody become aware it was a €3.6 million write-down? Somebody knew there was a problem but when was it known that it involved a cost of €3.6 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Who might have known, and how early might they have known, there was a write-down of €3.6 million within RTÉ?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: We have had the Ernst & Young report and so on and the matter went to the audit and risk committee. Did anybody in that committee or anyone else on the board know about the scale? I am trying to establish that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Was it aware from 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: The committee was aware in 2023. Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Chair. I want to put on record, while there is a lot of criticism, that in terms of the team within RTÉ and those in the independent production sector, a lot of the documentaries, drama and news and current affairs coverage is generally pretty good, including coverage of both the Olympics and the general election last year. We should put that on record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: These questions will be very quick. How many people in RTÉ are currently earning more than the DG?