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Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: It is getting results.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Bodies (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, for coming to the House to discuss the unified patent system and Unified Patent Court. While I appreciate that this issue may not necessarily knock other issues off the front pages, for those involved in developing patents and intellectual property creation, ensuring that those rights can be protected and vindicated right across the European...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Bodies (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome that. I think we should work together and look in a cross-party way to try to generate support for this referendum. It will require a bit of explaining. Having been asked about it on local radio, it is not always the easiest thing to explain. It is important for those creating intellectual property that we are able to vindicate and respect that right across Europe and it is...

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

Malcolm Byrne: The Deputy Leader may have seen the documentary "Jackie & Coco" on RTÉ last night but she will be very familiar with the very moving story. It was a beautifully put together documentary by the filmmaker Ger Walsh and Atom Films for RTÉ. This is the sixth anniversary of Nicole Fox's death. She died, as people know, as a result primarily of online bullying. Her mother...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: notes: - the hugely significant contribution of the Chinese people to the development of global culture and trade; - the recent visit of Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Ireland; - the increasingly authoritarian behaviour of the Chinese Communist Party and its oppression of minorities and repression of human rights; supports: - the desire for...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: The Tánaiste will also be aware of the role artificial intelligence in playing in emerging technologies and in transforming all of our lives. There has to be concern that AI will be used in a way that is for the public good and that we will not see it misused. There has to be deep concern about evidence of China using technologies for the purposes of creating a surveillance society and...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, for standing in for the Tánaiste to conclude this debate. The Tánaiste set out very clearly what I think is the correct foreign policy for Ireland, which is our support for multilateralism where it is based very strongly on human rights. I agree with Senator McDowell that some of those who are most loudly calling for the...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

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

Malcolm Byrne: I thank all the witnesses for coming today. At the outset, I want to say that it is critical for democracy that we have a balanced and fair media, and for the most part in Ireland, we have been fortunate that this is the case. It is right, that as journalists and media organisations, the witnesses hold us and others to account. We are not always going to agree. I have never taken a legal...

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

Malcolm Byrne: The challenge is that the lines between what is print, what is broadcast and what is online now are blurring, and that might refer to some of the issues I will raise. Obviously, we now have the challenge of citizen journalists, as they define themselves, who do not necessarily follow the rules or standards of a lot of people with whom the witnesses represent or engage. I find the idea of...

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

Malcolm Byrne: Deputy Daly is substituting for a member of this committee. This committee has been discussing, over a long period of time, the critical importance of an independent media. Defamation is part of that. The reason this is on the agenda is that we look at non-court-based mechanisms to resolve some of these issues.

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

Malcolm Byrne: My issue is here is that we need to support. It goes back to the discussion earlier, that there are alternative mechanisms and if somebody disputes something that a journalist raises, that they would raise those issues. I want to come back to Dave's point about how close some newspapers are, in that one bad legal judgment could make newspapers fold. How close is that in reality, on the...

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

Malcolm Byrne: Would this be similar for some of the national press and independent broadcasters?

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

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious of time and want to move on to the challenges of misinformation, disinformation and other issues. As politicians, we are concerned about elections and we are moving into a big period for elections. There is a famous case about a false tweet during a presidential election debate and the potential impact it had. We are obviously going to be dealing with many of the concerns...

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

Malcolm Byrne: Farmers are now using both types of AI.

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

Malcolm Byrne: There was supposedly an example at Davos this morning.

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

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome that statement.

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

Malcolm Byrne: The Chair may be aware that Ms Celene Craig is to step down from Coimisiún na Meán. I think I mentioned it to her.

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

Malcolm Byrne: I might propose, because we have engaged quite a lot with Ms Craig, that we thank her for her work, both at the BAI and with the commission, over 30 years. We probably aged her a lot in this committee, as, I am sure, some of the people on the other side of the table may have done as well. I propose the committee formally thanks her for all her work.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Service Executive (14 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The HSE boasts on its website that it is "the largest property owner in the State, so staying on top of all our facilities is key to the smooth functioning of our entire health system". Among the main strategic objectives of the HSE estates section are: "To provide appropriate facilities that serve and accommodate patients and staff in a relaxed,...