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Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Apologies have been received from Deputy Joanna Byrne. The meeting has been convened to consider the Further Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025: Vote 33 – Culture, Communications and Sport, which were referred to the committee by Dáil Éireann. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Patrick O’Donovan, and his officials to the committee. As the Minister is present, it...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for his address. We will proceed with questions and answers. It is a short slot we have today. Members will have four minutes for both questions and answers.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Deputy, just let the Minister answer the question.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: The running order, so everyone knows, will be Deputies Byrne, Brennan, Ó Snodaigh, Cleere and Carrigy and myself. We are caught for time, so it is four minutes apiece.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: There is a few more on that list I would say.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Best of luck with all that.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: All touching Tipperary, I might add.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: Hey, do not take my job. That is my job.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: All-Irelands with Tipp, though. My esteemed colleague took my opening line. I am delighted with what the Minister is planning for hurling. I know William Maher. He is fantastic and for those watching, he is the head of hurling development with the GAA. I have seen the plan. I went through it with him and I am absolutely thrilled the Minister is doing that. Regarding the integration...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: The small sums are up to €100,000.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: My daughter is playing a county final on Saturday.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister for his time. I wish every meeting could be as efficient and quick as this. That concludes our consideration of Further Revised Estimates 2025: Vote 33 - Culture, Communication and Sport. In accordance with Standing Orders, a message to the effect will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil. I thank the Minister and his officials for their assistance today.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Message to Dáil (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: In accordance with Standing Order 110, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services 2025 for the year ending 31 December 2025: Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is quite obvious that there is need for a legislative provision on age assessment. I think we are all certain on that. The timelines for doing so are pretty endemic to the whole basis of what we are talking about. What are the Department officials' views on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry for interrupting, I have little time. Is it fair to say that a lot of this hangs on provision being made on this issue? It is completely endemic to it, so it has to happen, timelines or no timelines. Is that fair to say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know, but in relation to age verification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I have a concern in relation to timelines on that. There are numerous issues here concerning definitions. A lot of stuff is left very loose. From a departmental point of view, some of these definitions really need an awful lot of work. I am homing in on the issue of legal counsellors, which has been highlighted by a number of people. That is a huge change. How it is defined and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I apologise that I was late but I was watching some of it. I might jump around a few different issues because I do not want to repeat questions that have already been asked. I will start off with a pretty generic question for whoever wants to answer it. We are one of the first countries to really go at this. Obviously, it has to be done at the same time across Europe. We have a history...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: More than half of the submissions relating to a recent EU inquiry into the evaluation of whistleblower protections came from Ireland. There were 40 such submissions. This is concerning. The length of time - whatever the outcome - it is taking to process disclosures, the manner in which some of them are being dealt with and the toing and froing involved is not good for the State and it is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2025)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate the Tánaiste’s reply but we need more certainty. This has gone on way too long. His Government needs to make a decision now to have a model 3 hospital. The idea of sending everybody through the UHL emergency room is downright bananas. It is crazy. It is criminal. We need to upgrade the model 2 hospitals in Nenagh and Ennis, 100%. However, a decision has to be...