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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish to raise two related issues. The first concerns South Westmeath Hospice. Its current site at the St. Vincent's centre in Athlone is closed and the hospice is to be moved to a newly built nursing unit at Clonbrusk. The voluntary group which has raised more than €1 million to develop the current site was given assurances last October that the new building would mirror the old...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Initiatives (10 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad today and wish him well in his Department. Today, I seek to highlight the need for the Attic House CLG to be successful under the 2021 community development pilot programme. It has a proven track record of community service in Longford and is ideally located to pilot a community development initiative. This superb facility has a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Initiatives (10 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate he cannot make further comment. I acknowledge his comment about being aware of the strong work involved. It is an organisation I have been involved in for over ten years. When he is looking for a pilot programme, he should know this is already being done on a voluntary capacity, and I do not think there are too many programmes anywhere in the...

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister. I concur with Senator Ahearn and thank the Minister for his leadership in his Department over the past 12 months. I believe that we urgently need to convene a forum and an open, transparent, public debate on the future of banking and financial services in Ireland. We spoke about a number of significant announcements by banks in recent months to close branches and...

Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate Examinations) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister is very welcome. I acknowledge the work she has done in the Department. It has been a difficult year and she has been a steady pair of hands. Well done to her. I also acknowledge the difficult years students throughout the school system experienced in 2020 and 2021, especially those for whom the leaving certificate has been their primary focus for most of their lives.It is...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the witnesses. Many of my questions have been already answered, but I would like to make a small number of points and ask a few questions. The report references a waiver of the broadcasting levy for the independent sector. Are there plans for a further waiver to help the sector? The issues of disinformation and gender-based harm were mentioned earlier and it was recommended...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: Unfortunately, being in politics, and particularly being a Government representative, I have received a lot of online abuse and threats, particularly from social media activists. It depends on what one puts up on social media. A concern in recent times has been the targeting of journalists for abuse. Recently, one national journalist has been writing stories that involve the Data...

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank my two colleagues for giving me time. I welcome the Tánaiste to the Chamber. I welcome yesterday's announcement of the reopening of the country. The Government had committed to this and I am glad that the path ahead is clear and realistic. I thank the Tánaiste for his leadership throughout the pandemic since March 2020. That point is made to me daily in my home county...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. I am the Fine Gael spokesperson on sport in Seanad Éireann. I have been very heavily involved in the GAA at a local, county and national level for many years. In terms of sport overall, having been a local authority member I am very supportive of the local sports partnerships. They are an excellent model on the ground and provide the right...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: Like Senator Chambers, I was listening to the radio on the way up this morning and I heard Mr. Andrew Geary speaking. I am not acquainted with this man at all. He is from Cork and he was speaking about his son, Calum, who is deaf. and he made a statement that as a country he felt that Ireland does not cherish his child and that he had been a failure as a father. I want to say one thing to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I second that.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I concur with Senator Dooley's comments on the staff throughout the network being classified as front-line workers during the pandemic. Sometimes that can be forgotten. I welcome the Minister of State here to discuss the sustainability of the post office network, which is very important. Why should we support the network? Because the network is at the heart of communities in rural and...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Chair and welcome both Ministers. First, with regard to tourism, I welcome the development of a national tourism policy and the commitment for the financial investment that will accompany that. There are a couple of issues and we spoke about it at a recent meeting we had with the vintners and the restaurant association. With regard to hospitality, there is nobody on the tourism...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I have been caught slightly unawares. I thank our witnesses for their presentations. Many of the points have already been covered. Can the recommendations of the Future of Media Commission recommendations, which are due in July, be included in this Bill to avoid having to introduce further legislation and delaying this matter going forward? The regulatory framework refers to defined...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I come back to cyberbullying. We are trying to instil into kids that bullying should not be tolerated at all. The phrase used is "serious cyberbullying". I am of the view that we should just use the term "bullying". All forms of cyberbullying material should be categorised as harmful online content.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome our witnesses. I agree that when a certain percentage of our population is vaccinated, we should be in a position to start reopening events. I concur that the groups before us need to know the plan in advance, so that as we hit certain percentages we will look at opening areas, within regulation. From the point of view of IMRO, Mr. Finn spoke about fee percentages and the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: Mr. Fitzgerald did not answer my question.

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

Micheál Carrigy: I rise to speak about the importance of a positive result for the Ballymahon Pobal le Chéile project under the 2020 rural regeneration and development fund. A category 1 application has been made and all the necessary consents are in place. The project is a collaboration between a number of organisations in the town, namely, the Tidy Towns team, Bridgeways Family Resource Centre, the...

Seanad: Reports on Department of Health Policy in RTÉ Investigates Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I speak today not only as a Member of the Oireachtas but, like Senator Ruane, as a parent who has acute knowledge of the system, the lack of services within it and the weekly, monthly and yearly fight for diagnoses to access services. Last week, I was sickened to watch the "Prime Time Investigates" programme and to hear how our State acted in gathering such information with the goal of...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I agree with Senator McGreehan that it is not living with Covid-19 but coping with Covid-19. It is important to remember those who have died due to Covid-19, and their families, and express our sympathies. The restrictions have prevented people from comforting one another at a time of grief, which has made it more difficult for families to mourn. It is something Senator Keogan and I know...