Results 121-140 of 328 for speaker:Brian Brennan
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I will ask the floor now. Do members agree to two minutes for everybody and we can-----
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: Okay, it is four, so it will be roughly ten minutes.
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I thank the Deputy, I now call on Deputy Hayes.
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: Did Deputy Gogarty indicate that he wishes to speak?
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I am sorry, I have to wrap up. I thank the witnesses for their honesty, openness and compassion. As they can see, there are still a lot of questions. The word "rushed" might be a fair statement. There is a need for further dialogue. I hope the witnesses will take that out of the room with them. I will allow Mr. Forde to reply. I reiterate how appreciative we are of how frank they were...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I think we are on the same page, with all due respect, in that we feel it is being rushed. It is huge legislation. There are so many factors from what Mr. Verdon started off with right around the table. Will the witnesses take that on board and bring it back to the relevant authorities? I am sure there will be further engagement. We will now go into private session.
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I thank Mr. Forde. We will now have questions and comments from members. As agreed at our first meeting, as Deputy Paul Donnelly from Sinn Féin is not here, I call Senator Conor Murphy to take his place and then we will go straight back into it. Senator Mary Fitzpatrick will be second.
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I welcome Senator Patricia Stephenson to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I thank the witnesses. I find this very engaging. I will point my questions mainly at broadcasting but I would like a reply from everybody on the following points. We had a meeting here last week and I left with a few more questions than answers. I wish to get clarification on a few key points. First, I am fully behind everybody in this room and what they are doing. They are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: And the people who are supplying RTÉ as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: Can we come back on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: No, that is okay. I was not going to pull Dr. Flynn up on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I am hearing loud and clear that unless funding is ring-fenced, the broadcasters are in trouble. It is as simple as that. That is what I am hearing. Additionality is the elephant in the room that has to be taken on and dealt with head-on. Hopefully we can do it without going down the whole legal route. We have to try to protect. We do not want to lose more titles or more radio stations...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: Or not enough.
- Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I am in total admiration of what the witnesses' organisations are doing. In my previous life, I was in Sri Lanka after the tsunami. I went over there as a private citizen. Twenty years on, I have six orphanages out there. It is a terrible term but I have skin in the game. I know exactly what is going on. With that in mind, and I hope I am not being insulting, when money is announced,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: Hear me out and then I will let everybody come in. It is directed at broadcasting but it is important that everybody gets their answer in it. Based on what I studied, there are 1,069 people working with the witnesses. As somebody coming from the private sector and a business background, they are providing a free service. They are being absolutely hammered with costs, like every other...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: RTÉ and Virgin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: I understand that, but the majority goes to the supplier rather than-----
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Men's Sheds (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community organisation such as a men's shed can apply for the workplace adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32531/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Brennan: 775. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31944/25]