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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister for her observations. It is great to hear a Minister who is very much aware of the power and value of local radio. While these stations are ultimately commercial ventures, they serve a particular public need. They are not obliged to in the main but they feel they must. Many of us in this room have cited those occasions on which local radio becomes vital in terms of...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: One can see from where the sentiment around this amendment emerges, and it is perfectly laudable. It can be challenging for people in the Border counties or the Six Counties to see themselves disappearing into the ocean. However, the Minister made a very valid point about passing legislation that dictates to an editor responsible for a particular element of output that he or she must draw a...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: In a week when serious questions have arisen as to whether we can deliver a ring road for Galway, an issue that one expects will be immersed in a quagmire of planning and legal issues for many years to come, it is now time to focus on the things we can deliver that will improve the quality of life of people who live in Galway city and county. I asked the Minister in September 2020 to look...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank TII for this very informative report. I would really like to see TII doing more work of this nature so we can make really well-informed decisions as to how we could have a more sustainable and safer road network in the future. I thank TII for doing this really important work. I have some quick questions and observations. The report makes the case that by reducing speed limit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Camera enforcement is currently working quite well, from what I can gather, on the M7. Are there any plans to roll that out nationally across the whole motorway network?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Is Ms Hughes saying that most of it is not automated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Are low?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: It certainly is an essential part of the toolkit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: How does Ireland compare with our European counterparts in the percentage of our national road network that is covered by these speed camera systems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Is Scotland further along the road, excuse the pun, with regard to installation? What has been the Scottish experience?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Is Ms Hughes saying that in our current road safety strategy, Our Journey Towards Vision Zero, there is no commitment to any further installation of these?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: If I can stretch my time just a little please, I have one final question that is not wholly unrelated. Many of us in the Houses have experience of travelling throughout Europe. It always astounds me when travelling to countries such as Germany, France and the Netherlands that an awful lot more work is under way, or has been carried out, on traffic-calming at the entrances to regional towns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes, that is my point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Does DMUR need a re-examination of the criteria it sets out?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to provide a school transport service in this current school year for all post-primary students attending their second nearest school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a dedicated helpline within her Department for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas who need to access information on school transport provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51152/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Taoiseach for joining us today and for the personal leadership he has shown in moving Ireland to a far more supportive country in terms of gender equality and women in the workplace. I will raise two quick points. One of them was already covered by Senator Pauline O'Reilly. I refer to the issue of women in politics and creating a more family-friendly political environment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: It was.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment for 2021 will be made to a person (details supplied); the reason it is necessary for this person to make numerous representations to his Department each year before securing their GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49494/22]