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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: If someone applies to renew the contract and is quite happy in the job, is Dr. Walsh saying they are not allowed to have the contract renewed?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Is that not fairly insane, given the waiting lists the length and breadth of the State? I want to move on to another issue - the apt term would be "another farce". People in Drogheda believe the RSA has deemed Drogheda not suitable for a driving test centre. It is the largest town in Ireland with a population of 45,000. Currently, under a northern environs plan, we are preparing for an...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Stop. If I hearing that again. We are six years on.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: That is the case in Dublin every day.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: I am glad to hear that but Mr. Walsh can understand the frustration of the people of Drogheda six years on.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Is he seriously saying there is not an office or a building in Drogheda that is suitable? I pass them every day of the week. The RSA has offices and buildings right around the country.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Walsh is tasked with doing this and I have constantly been in touch with him to express sheer frustration.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Walsh is tasked with providing a driving test centre.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: I would appreciate it if he could update me on the most recent developments. He said he was looking at something. Was that yesterday?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: 169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the total cost of prosecuting cases in each of those years, in tabular form. [27714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (27 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: 170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average cost of prosecuting a case for the non-payment of the television licence. [27715/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: I will start with Mr. Hempenstall of the Department. Is he aware of any proposed legislative developments within the Department outside of what we are compelled to transpose via the EU directive and the Digital Services Act? Is he aware of any other legislation domestically?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: When we debated what became the Online Safety and Media Regulation, OSMR, Act, there was a reluctance, shall we say, to include disinformation in that. The argument made at the time was that the DSA would cover all aspects of that. Given that we have the headquarters of many of the companies here in this State and from a domestic point of view, if we did not have the DSA, we have no...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: My point is that we would be way behind the times if it were not for the DSA. Although we have these companies and their headquarters in this State, there were no initiatives from the Department or anyone else to look at a manner or means of regulating them. There were no recommendations or anything of that description. We relied entirely on transposing the DSA. That is correct, is it not?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: Did we make recommendations to it?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: I understand that but did we contribute by way of submission in respect of disinformation or is there a particular recommendation that springs to mind?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: In his position now, Mr. Hempenstall would not be aware of what submission, if any, we made to that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Imelda Munster: That answer is long-winded. To the best of his knowledge, Mr. Hempenstall is not aware that we made a particular submission, reference or recommendation. It would have been brought to his attention, I am sure in his position now, had we done so.