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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Media in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the members of the commission for joining us. Looking at my laptop screen here, I am filled with confidence about the calibre and the quality of the people that we have chosen to do the work of the commission. I look forward to its deliberations. Fine Gael is finalising a submission that it will make to the commission on foot of significant engagement with local media practitioners,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jun 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister of State for that very helpful response. All the good things that happen in this country, the ones which make it a better place to live in with a better quality of life, happen when we see Government Departments collaborating. This happens when a good idea is grabbed with enthusiasm by those leading in the Departments, when it is brought to fruition and made happen....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jun 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue on UN World Bicycle Day. In February last year, the European Transport Safety Council published a report on cyclist deaths across the European Union. It revealed that Ireland had recorded the highest annual increase in cyclist fatality rates among all EU member states in the past decade. In fact, our rate had risen by an...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: We saw a very ambitious but realistic plan being published yesterday on how we return to normal. The plan is creative in suggesting that we do not return to an old normal but a reinvigorated and deeply ambitious Ireland. I want to deal with two aspects of the plan, both of which seek to support the artistic community. The first is the continued extension of the PUP all the way up to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: Our programme for Government has balanced regional development at its heart. It states: "all parts of Ireland must thrive if we are to prosper as a country". Project Ireland 2040 envisages, approximately, an additional 250,000 people living in rural Ireland in the next 20 years. If that is to happen, our planning policy must show some understanding of rural Ireland and of the needs and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: Our programme for Government contains some very significant commitments to rural transport and sustainable rural mobility. It commits to developing and implementing a sustainable rural mobility plan and to protecting and expanding regional connectivity and connectivity between towns and villages in rural Ireland. Unfortunately, what is happening in rural Ireland right now to public...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I apologise that I could not be here earlier. I was speaking in the Dáil. I happen to think that the concept of social media is quite positive in that it has given us a level of communication which, in my early life, I certainly did not think would be possible in the early 21st century. I believe it does more good than harm in society. I may be unusual in that but it is a view I have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 May 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation and placing of a recent advertisement for the recruitment of unpaid assistant psychologists to HSE services; and the number of assistant psychologists currently working in a voluntary capacity within the HSE. [25190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 May 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific measures in place in his Department to assist local authorities in taking estates in charge; and the way in which they apply to the ongoing issue of malfunctioning effluent treatment plants in those estates. [24514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (21 Apr 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: 1382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty charge notices issued for illegal parking of vehicles in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [18306/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I will contribute later, if I may.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Apr 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I also congratulate the Tánaiste on seizing the initiative and ensuring that as people enter into the world of remote work, there is a strong legislative structure underpinning that process and protecting workers’ rights in how we move forward. Grow Remote, an entity which has essentially welled-up from within rural communities across Ireland, has identified that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (31 Mar 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the vacant paediatric pain consultant post at Children’s Health Ireland; and the waiting time for referrals to the service. [16774/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I am going to fly through my questions because we could spend hours talking about this fascinating subject. I thank each of the witnesses for the work they do every day to support our cultural and creative economy and I thank them for joining us today. I agree with expanding the night-time economy and with every word of what Mr. Sharpe said five minutes ago. We urgently need to look at...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: In the context of a commitment from a health Minister yesterday that he hopes that four in every five adults in Ireland can be vaccinated by the end of June and have at least one dose received based obviously on incoming suppliers, is it now time to begin moving the parameters whereby we establish or lift lockdown to something beyond infection rates or an R number, to reflect the fact that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: We all acknowledge that the hospitality sector will be the last to recover from the pandemic and to be rebooted and restarted. The Government has established an excellent tourism recovery task force that will oversee that process and try to determine how we carry out that valuable work. We found out yesterday in an Oireachtas committee that hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation and tour...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: 824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to approve the provision of a school transport service on an additional route for a school (details supplied). [13965/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank all of our guests. They made very compelling presentations outlining how difficult this period has been for the sector. I assure them that there is a very deep awareness in Fine Gael of the challenges the sector has faced in the recent past and is likely to face in the coming months. This subject is discussed at length at our parliamentary party meetings. We will be having another...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cycling Facilities (18 Feb 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commence construction of Ireland's first indoor velodrome. [9203/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Tánaiste and his ministerial colleagues for all the work they have done in putting in place significant supports for our small business sector. Unfortunately, there are thousands of self-employed people running small businesses in this country who are finding it exceptionally difficult, if not impossible, to gain access to those supports because of the way in which they were...