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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: From Mr. O'Connell having spoken to his members, how many times during the year would a local newspaper face very serious complaints?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: It is important in the context of this issue.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: Can I quickly ask Mr. Purcell from the radio sector a similar type of question?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: Would Mr. Purcell's members be putting aside a similar amount of money of approximately €100,000?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: Can I talk to Mr. McConnell from a national point of view? In his opening statement, he said that the civil jury decisions are "erratic". What does he mean by that because the question of whether there should be juries is a big one in the general scheme of the Bill? This has been deemed by some, including retired justices, as being inherently undemocratic.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: Similar to what I asked Mr. O'Connell, what does Mr. McConnell find from his members at a national level regarding the quantity of cases taken against the national papers?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: On the issue of resources, there is no doubt the volume of journalists working in newsrooms today vis-à-vis20 years ago is lower. That puts pressure on reporters to get things right, which everyone strives to do in a newsroom but the reality is that is becoming more challenging because the resources Mr. McConnell, for example, has at his disposal as a national editor are fewer than...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: The NUJ represents the workforce and reporters who strive to get things right. Balance that against the people who own these media organs. When I started as an intern 30 years ago at the Meath Chronicle when I was in college, there was a full-time copy-reader - in a provincial newspaper, in a newsroom. Now, you are lucky to get journalists to staff what is required, certainly at provincial...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: I wish to ask Mr. McConnell and our local representatives about how pronounced that is. Can he provide a real-life example of the impact that is having on Irish journalism, which leads into Irish democracy?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: The legal resources available to local newspapers and radio are not the same as those available to national organisations. That has an impact as well. On top of that, it is clear the resources available at a local level, covering courts in particular, are diminishing. That has a serious impact on Irish democracy. Will Mr. O'Connell comment?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: I have the same question for Mr. Purcell.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: We heard in the presentation in the AV room that the journalists coming out of DCU or DIT or wherever are now working for PR companies or, worse, politicians. What is the situation regarding the quality of young journalists coming into newsrooms and the ability to cover them?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: The 999 service in Ireland operates from two towns, namely, Navan and Ballyshannon. The ECAS service as it is known, the emergency call answering service, is provided under State contract by BT Ireland. In the last year and a half, the workers in Navan and Ballyshannon joined the Communications Workers Union to try to improve their workplace conditions across a number of areas. I have met...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: I welcome all the witnesses. I am going to start with Mr. Bonner, who has been waiting patiently. He is an independent member of the board, is that correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: What is Mr. Bonner's opinion on the withholding of the information by the former chair, Mr. Roy Barrett, to the full board of the FAI in respect of the Sport Ireland investigation and suspension of funding?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Does Mr. Bonner think it was wrong?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Okay. I want to touch on that board meeting. In the summary of the KOSI report that has been supplied to the committee members here, it also touched on the fact that the audit followed on from a previous audit conducted for Sport Ireland in respect of the financial year 2021. It concluded that in the financial year, the condition was not embedded within the FAI. When was Mr. Bonner aware...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: None?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Of this year?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: Okay, so just to recap: Mr. Bonner, as a board member, was not told about the failure to comply with the MOU in 2021 until two years later on 1 November 2023, by which time he was also made aware of a second breach in a row, which resulted in a suspension of funding of €6.8 million?