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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the return to full operation of Tara Mines in Navan this week. It is the largest zinc mine in Europe. As Members know from previous discussions in the House, the resumption of operations this week is after an 18-month closure. The closure in the summer of 2023 left more than 600 workers in limbo. They were neither employed nor unemployed. There is a real sense of relief in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I ask the Senator in her capacity as Leader of the House to ascertain for us from the Minister for Justice when moneys from the immigrant investor programme will be paid and when the Department of Justice will process this. I know the immigrant investor programme was closed very abruptly with one day's notice back in February 2023 when the now Taoiseach and then-acting Minister for Justice,...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I have come to the Chamber pay tribute to Senator Chambers for bringing forward this Bill. The progressive Bills she has been involved with follow on from real-life issues that impact people, especially younger people. She successfully brought through the stalking Bill and has moved onto this Bill on the practice of catfishing. She spoke about the impact of this practice and the need to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I welcome all the witnesses to what is an extremely important and topical matter that we have consistently dealt with over the course of this Oireachtas term. The witnesses and Deputy Ring made the point about whether governments are doing enough. The fact is that during this term we have at least seen a Government try to tackle this issue. That is very important. Legislation has been...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: You are accredited for analysis of it anyway. I was trying to give you a compliment.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Okay. On that point, in terms of the work with media literacy, if the view of a professional on campus is that he feels young people are not really too worried, the challenges we face are clear. Ms Chapman referred to a cradle-to-the-grave approach in her closing remarks. If we do not engender a sense of that necessity within the primary education system, by the time you get to campus, you...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Ms Chapman is so right in what she says about the skill set a teacher would need to deliver that. I remember being in secondary school and our teacher bringing in the Sunday newspapers to the English class and asking us to analyse the advertisements that were in them. This was the 1990s. We were asked to understand the subliminal messaging. That was not on the curriculum but that was her...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Ms Chapman poses an interesting question. One wonders whether the people back in the eighties or the nineties picked up a particular product and questioned whether it was a Rupert Murdoch-owned entity either. Maybe we are being unfair today. Mr. O'Connor made a point in his remarks regarding the balance of the freedom of expression with protection from harm. Here is the ball game. For...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Okay. Ms McGinley and Ms McDonald made the point regarding the platforms. However, the platforms were before the committee both in public and in private session and one thing I have a sense of from them is that they will make a change in their business model and algorithms if they feel there will be a public mood that is negative towards them which impacts their commercial clients who...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: That is a fair point. I thank Mr. O'Connor. Ms McGinley and Ms McDonald have set out a specific number of asks for the committee. I note there was a request to ask the Taoiseach to put pressure on social media platforms. The Taoiseach, the Department of Education and the Minister are actively engaging on that. I would support that request. They specifically mentioned the recommender...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I wish to thank all of the witnesses for the work that they do. It is of such importance. It is not just at Government level, it is within those who work in and analyse media. That is hugely important and I thank them for their work in that respect.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Okay. There is the analysis he quotes but from Dr. Murphy's own engagement with undergraduates on campus and so forth, is that reflected from his engagement with young people? This is going to sound very outdated but when I was doing my journalism degree, you could walk into campus and buy The Irish Times for a discounted price of 50p. There was a genuine need to go to buy a newspaper to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Yesterday, the main hospital in the north-east region, Our Lady of Lourdes, issued a statement effectively urging sick people to stay away because of overcrowding. It said that the most critically ill patients are prioritised for treatment but, as a result, some patients may experience delays. By the way, the normal delay in that hospital is 13 hours. If you are lucky, that is the normal...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Following the Order of Business this morning, we will have the launch of the Seanad public consultation report on the future of local democracy, which was chaired by the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Mark Daly. I acted as rapporteur for this report and several Members of the Seanad were part of it, including Senator Victor Boyhan, who is present. It involved extensive work and was launched...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I have just a couple of questions. I apologise for missing the opening statements. I was in the Chair in the Seanad. I welcome all the witnesses. What Ms Dooley outlined regarding what is available in the RTÉ archives is really welcome. They played a pivotal role in a debate in Navan this year. When the traffic system was changed in the town, it caused great angst. A local...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: I seek to marry Mr. Ryan's statement with what was stated in the announcement by the Minister, Deputy Martin, yesterday of the approval of the general scheme of the broadcasting amendment Bill. I refer to section 111 and "whether a public service media provider complied with section 111 by making reasonable arrangements for the public to access their archives". The Minister is obviously...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: RTÉ has made a statement here today that it is very committed to providing that material in the public domain, but as Mr. Ryan has quite rightly recognised, this is a long process and a process that is going to take care and duty. It is going to be done in the whole, as opposed to in respect of the individual. On that particular line, how is empowering the commission going to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Detailed Scrutiny of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Shane Cassells: Will there be additional funding provided for this?