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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State. I concur with the comments of Senator Cassells on the Future of Media Commission. It is important that our committee gets an opportunity to discuss any recommendations. Deputy Cannon and I were involved in putting in a submission on behalf of Fine Gael in respect of ensuring a fund is in place to support all forms of local media, whether...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Okay, that is perfect. I thank the Minister. Regarding-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I also thank the Minister for her support for the tourism industry. My colleagues mentioned the extension of the VAT rate and the high prices being paid in that context, particularly in the hotel end of things. This has not occurred in the restaurant sector. Several other countries in the EU have a split VAT rate. If this price gouging continues, perhaps we may seriously need to consider...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I concur with the Minister of State’s comments. Senator Malcolm Byrne mentioned the IABA and I also have my concerns in this regard. To be quite honest, there must be wholesale change at the top of that organisation. An independent review was commissioned at short notice because this committee was seeking to look at the governance of the IABA. The review was undertaken by the same...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Changes need to be made at the top of this organisation and not at the bottom with the athletes and the clubs. The change must be made at the top. Sometimes it is necessary to bring in new personnel to make those changes. This is what should be done here.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I compliment the Minister. She has comprehensively dealt with an issue brought up by the committee. She has taken it on board and it has been dealt with comprehensively, so all I can say is "well done". She has set out clearly in her opening statement what will happen if organisations do not adhere to this.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I support the amendment tabled by Senators Cassells and Byrne. Senator Cassells hit the nail on the head. The Bill is about the protection of Irish citizens and, in particular, Irish children. That has to be our number one priority.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: With regard to section 139D and the issue of age-appropriate online content, the Bill refers to content that is unsuitable for children, either generally or below a particular age, having regard to their capabilities, but it does not actually state an age. What is an appropriate age? There was a recommendation from the Oireachtas joint committee to have a minimum age for social media...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: On amendments Nos. 208 to 210, inclusive, the joint committee noted that no implementation date is set. It is important that we add a date. Whether it is feasible to set a date of 1 January 2023 or 12 months from now, I do not know. The latter might be more feasible because we do not know when the Bill will be enacted. We have a long way to go yet before that happens but we are getting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Leader. It is a great honour for me coming from Ballinalee in County Longford to welcome the sixth class pupils from my own local national school, Scoil Samhthann, and their teacher, Ms McCormack, and the vice-principal, Mrs. Farrelly. I hope they enjoy their stay. The name "Samhthann" comes from an abbess at a Christian site in our community that...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to speak on amendments Nos. 173 and 174. To add in these lines will only strengthen the Bill. They are simple and short measures, but it is important that they would be added. I compliment the Irish Heart Foundation, which many of us met during the pre-legislative scrutiny phase., on the work it has done and for the interest it has taken in this Bill in the interests of children's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I, too, welcome the representatives of St. Sinneach's National School. I welcome the principal, Ms Glynn, sixth class teacher, Ms Lavelle, and all the students to the House. I hope they enjoy their trip to Dublin. I concur with the Cathaoirleach's comments that there is a homework pass for this evening and perhaps for the rest of the week. It is a fantastic school in south Longford....

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: What this Bill and this discussion have done is highlighted the lack of consultants and highlighted the fact that we, as the Government, have made those promises, announced the positions and they have not been put in place. Collectively, the Government has to take responsibility for that and to make sure both that people are recruited to fill those positions and that the numbers are...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: The amendment has a lot of merit. I would not like a complainant to be left waiting indefinitely so a time limit would ensure that a decision is dealt with and the person informed.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: The witnesses are all very welcome. I concur with the best wishes to both Mr. Clancy and Ms Kealy in their roles. I thank their predecessors who represented the organisations over difficult times. During the week, Adrian Cummins made the point in a tweet that 150,000 people on the live register, and we have an industry that is struggling to get people working. We met with the Restaurants...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: There have been various proposals and we have spoken about people coming in from abroad to work in the industry. However, we do not have housing for them, and that will be a problem. Given there are 150,000 on the live register, what proposals, if any, do the witnesses have or what sort of scheme could be put together to incentivise people to come into the industry to work and to come off...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I have said previously that tourism and hospitality are interlinked and they have to come under the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media. It must be linked in with tourism, with proper representation on the board of Fáilte Ireland.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I rise today to concur with the comments of Senator Malcolm Byrne yesterday on the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, IABA. We need an independent review into that organisation. This issue has been brought to this floor on numerous occasions and has been spoken about at committees. A review was conducted by the same person who did the previous review a number of years ago. It was asked...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to touch on one area mentioned in the motion, which, naturally enough, is turbary rights and turf. I come from Longford where we had Lough Ree power station and Mount Dillon, which supplied the power station at Shannonbridge. Objections to planning permission for an extension of that caused both of those stations to close and, indeed, the turf production that was supplying them. As...