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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I agree. We need that shift to a rights-based based approach. I genuinely want to thank Mr. Geary for his work. I am grateful to my friend and colleague Deputy O'Sullivan for the time to come in. I know Deputy Jim O'Callaghan acknowledged Senator Mark Daly and myself but Deputy O'Sullivan has advocated on this issue far more than anyone else. I hope nobody has to go through Mr. Geary's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I raise an issue I have raised here before, namely, concern around section 39 organisations. As we know, a lot of health services, in particular disability services and services for older people, are provided by section 39 organisations. There is a difference between section 38 and 39 organisations in terms of pay levels. Somebody who is a nurse is financially better off working in the HSE...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome our visitors and I thank the Minister for coming to the House. She has always been willing to make herself available for debates relating to the Department. She has shown a passion and an interest in all of the areas of her very extensive brief. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media, which my colleagues have mentioned, works in a very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I start by echoing the comments of Senator Hoey on the disgraceful attack on that student. It should not have taken place anyway but the fact that it seems to be motivated by homophobia, makes it even worse. I certainly hope the school concerned and An Garda Síochána will take strong action. This Government has a very proud record with regard to support for the arts. We have...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Like others, I thank the Sinn Féin group, in particular my friend and colleague, Senator Warfield, for bringing forward this motion. I am a gay man. I am proud of that fact. It shapes who I am. It is not my entire personality but it is an important part of who I am. Thirty years ago, however, when homosexuality was being decriminalised I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I want to raise the question of graduate-entry medicine. It is said to be the case that University College Dublin is going to increase once again its fees for first-year graduate-entry medicine. At present, those who enter the graduate-entry medicine programme pay €16,219 per year. That is not dissimilar to what is paid by those in the University of Limerick and, indeed, the Royal...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Not about fake tan.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Research and Development (11 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The Minister of State will be aware that modern Irish economic policy has been based on two things, namely, tax and talent. The emphasis on tax has become less important in recent times. Ireland is a talent-driven economy and society. We know the key economic and social driver for this country into the future is investment in talent. In fact...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Research and Development (11 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. In his EU affairs brief, he will be aware of the importance of European Research Council, ERC, grants, how competitive they are, and how wonderful it is when researchers in Ireland are able to access them. If our researchers do not have the basic equipment with which to work, they can move with those ERC grants to anywhere within the EU. For us...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I wish to congratulate Ms Eileen Morrissey, the Wexford county librarian, on her election as president of the Library Association of Ireland. We all know the importance of libraries in our community and how they operate to support learning and all sorts of new activities. I wish Eileen and the team the very best of luck. I am very conscious that we have raised previously in this House the...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate and for his to date on this report. As colleagues have mentioned, we have worked in a highly collegial way in producing this report and its 11 recommendations. They were built on discussions we had with the sporting bodies, referees and representatives of players. They are intended to be constructive and I acknowledge the Minister of...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Next Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This weekend marks the second anniversary of the largest ever cyberattack on a State institution or agency. As far as we know, it is the largest cyberattack ever in the State. The attack in question was, of course, on the HSE and resulted in up to 7,000 patient appointments being delayed or cancelled. As we now know, up to 100,000 letters have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He has provided us with pretty eye-watering figures. We know that to the end of 2022, simply for response and recovery, the State has had to spend €89.7 million. In addition, as part of the service plan to upgrade the systems, we are looking at the spending of almost €55 million. It has not stopped yet. As the Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I too would like to welcome the students to the Chamber. I hope they enjoy their day in Leinster House and experiencing our democracy. I wish to speak about two primary schools I visited in County Wexford recently, which show how the diversity of our school population has changed. I visited Kilrane National School near Rosslare Europort. I was brought around by the excellent principal Tom...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am grateful to the witnesses for their contributions. A small observation in the context of the speakers on each side of the room is that there is a slight gender imbalance on both sides. I thank them all for their work. The purpose of the work the committee is doing relates to supporting the community, voluntary and local arts sector. There is a clear acknowledgement of the support...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: If I am to be blunt, the recognition of musical theatre as an art form is something that we would like to look at as part of our report. I get that there are different organisations, but I think it is the concept of supporting the development and, if not the professionalisation, then at least the training programmes to develop them further.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I appreciate that. I am conscious of time. One of the other reports that we are currently looking at relates to rural tourism. Ms Nash will probably be aware that her colleague, Mr. Cian Ó Lionáin, has been before us on some of these issues. There is a very serious concern that, particularly in many rural communities, hotels and other forms of accommodation and bed nights are no...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: That is very welcome. Ms Nic Grianna might want to comment.