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Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Sep 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Third Level Institutions: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister. I thank Senator Ruane for highlighting this issue and bringing it to the fore. I fully support her motion. I also praise the Minister and his departmental staff for making this issue a priority and highlighting the issues facing staff and students in higher education, with ongoing initiatives to create safe campuses for all. Indeed, last year, the Minister...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I offer my apologies for being late. I got delayed. I will not ask specific questions. They may have been asked earlier. We will have a media commissioner and the Australian model is seen as best practice, which is why we are chatting today. The position of media commissioner will be extremely important. The Chair asked about best advice from the Australian experience that we should...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and welcome the Minister of State. I do not envy the Department of Finance, which has been given the task of arranging this system of valuations for new rates. We are eight years on from the original valuation in 2013 and the Minister is correct in moving to regularise the revaluation of properties to a four-year cycle. The timing of this tax was and is very...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister is very welcome to the House. When the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, was here earlier, I made reference to my own county based on the bands. Longford has 17,000 properties registered and 79% of them are in bands 1 and 2. Based on the new figures, by 2023 there would be a reduction of up to €1.5 million in the income we will be getting. I know the Minister has...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I am. I have jumped ship.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: This Bill is entitled an Act "to make, on a temporary basis, exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19". It is temporary, for a period of up to three months, during exceptional circumstances and in the public interest. That is what the Bill is about. Am...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State for making sure this legislation was passed. It was in the programme for Government. All of us were lobbied, especially the rural Members, by the IFA etc. to make sure. We gave commitments to them it would be done before the summer recess and it has. I have a small business at home myself. Please God I will not have to go into a nursing home in the short...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. I welcome the proposed changes to the nursing homes support scheme, which are long overdue. I am delighted the Bill is being brought through the Houses prior to the recess. It is in line with a commitment we made in the programme for Government and a commitment I gave personally to local representatives of the Irish Farmers Association,...

Seanad: Report of Independent Review Group Jadotville: Statements (15 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister is welcome. I thank him for coming to the House. It is important to welcome the apology he gave on behalf of the Government in his opening statement. I acknowledge the effort he has made previously in commissioning this report. We live in a democracy and the Defence Forces are there to defend our democracy. Senators, Deputies and councillors are elected to represent the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the assistant commissioner. Has the Garda Síochána supports in place for its own staff to deal with issues such as online crime? Is it sufficiently resourced and does Mr. O'Driscoll feel that the Garda Síochána needs additional resources in future for new regulations that may come in? I noted in correspondence the issue arising relating to GDPR in interactions...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I have one more question, which may reference the general data protection regulation, GDPR, issue. The assistant commissioner has had experience previously with the main online platforms and dealing with them with regard to abuse. It is something we, as politicians in the national limelight, are unfortunately targeted with on a regular basis. What has the assistant commissioner's...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish to return to a couple of matters. Deputy Griffin referred to one of them, namely, the fact that in recent times we have seen journalists being abused online and, as politicians, we are trolled and abused. There is the issue of false accounts. The online platforms have many procedures in place, but they are not dealing with the large number of false accounts. As I said, they are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish to be associated with the congratulations to Senator Bacik. She will be an asset to Dáil Éireann and a loss to the Seanad. I also wish to compliment our candidate, Councillor James Geoghegan, a fantastic candidate who ran a great campaign. To paraphrase Arnold Schwarzenegger, he will be back. I would like to get an update on the provision of a new school for Meán...

Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, to the House. I also welcome the Bill, which represents a lifeline for small and medium-sized businesses and gives them the opportunity to restructure their debts and allow them to continue trading. Throughout Covid, the Government has introduced numerous schemes to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, which have been very successful, but a lot...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minster of State and I welcome this Bill. Section 13 sets out the functions of the LDA, which are to develop and manage relevant public land and, thereafter, other lands for "the provision of housing for the public good". It is acknowledged that there is a shortage of new housing being developed and, in particular, housing that is affordable in certain areas. There is a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Acting Chairman and welcome all our guests. I have a couple of points and questions, some of which have been spoken about. Perhaps the witnesses could use the time to expand on them. Dr. Docquir spoke about the social media council. To be honest, that is a fantastic idea. It is in his submission that Ms Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur, has recommended that it be created....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing Arts Venues and Theatres as a result of Covid-19: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the witnesses. I apologise as I got called out of Leinster House so I was unable to be on the call until I returned. I compliment the organisations on the work they have done, not just in the past 12 months but over the years, and the entertainment they provide for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the country. I am a frequent visitor to the Backstage Theatre in...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Impact of Covid-19 on the Restaurant Industry: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I will keep it brief. I concur with the comments Deputy Griffin made. Mr. Treyvaud mentioned what is coming down the line. Can he tell us exactly what that is? If there was a proposal on percentage capacity in order to get indoor dining open, at what level would a business need to trade so that it would not be trading at a negative cost?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on the first 12 months of his term and I look forward to the next 12 months. Senator Burke spoke on driver theory tests. We have had that issue where people have turned up to do the test and have not been notified that the place is closed. I concur with the Senator's proposals. I welcome the increase in capacity proposed for sporting events. I hope it...