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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: I have additional information to bring to the conversation. So far, the Department of Transport has invested €375,000 in a feasibility, planning and design study. Consultants have been recruited to carry out the feasibility, planning and design study on the section of the greenway from Athenry to Milltown so there is already significant investment on the part of the Department of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Exactly.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: This week, the Western Rail Trail campaign will present a petition of 26,000 signatures of voters in the western region to the Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen, advocating for the development of a greenway on the currently disused railway line between Athenry and Sligo. The serious fear among the members of that campaign and among the 26,000 who signed the petition, 9,000 of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it is not possible for an initial assessment of paper based passport applications to be done upon receipt of such applications so that applicants can be notified of missing or incorrect documentation in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that when a person submits a paper-based passport application and is notified of missing documentation, they are returned to the back of queue for processing when they submit the correct documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44866/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh. I welcome the Minister and her officials. In her opening remarks she made the suggestion, with which I agree wholeheartedly, that public service media plays a vital role in the well-being of our society and the health of our democracy. I think everyone in this room acknowledges that, which is why we are so deeply concerned about the ongoing difficulties...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: In relation to the aforementioned valued and vital role of public service media in the well-being of our society and the health of our democracy, that trickles all the way down to local communities nationwide. I will talk later about how we fund public service media in the future, but in the hope that we find a sustainable funding model, what conversations has the Minister had with the newly...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: Does the Minister have a general timeline for that? Has it been impacted or impeded by the ongoing controversies within RTÉ itself?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: In terms of all that has played out within RTÉ, what happens when the Minister goes to colleagues in government seeking to put in place a sustainable and robust funding model for public service broadcasting in the future? Such a funding model is something that Fine Gael wholeheartedly supports. We made a submission to the Future of Media Commission arguing that the television licence...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: That is true.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: The last time the Future of Media Commission went to the Government with a suggestion of an alternative funding model it was rejected by the Government at the time. Recently the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, said this is a nettle that we are going to have to grasp. We are going to have to pass legislation within the lifetime of this Government to provide a firm foundation of sustainable...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: I can see why the Deputy comes from a fishing community.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (3 Oct 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the successful delivery of the Athlone to Galway greenway; the projected timescale for such delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42118/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: I welcome the witnesses and wish them every success in their respective roles. They are doing an extraordinarily important job on behalf of the Irish people. It is great to see Coimisiún na Meán in place and finally having the legislative backing to do the work it needs to do. I have a couple of observations that might prompt questions. Coimisiún na Meán has an...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: They are of equal priority.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: That is very true. I happen to be unusual in thinking that in general social media has been a force for good. Do not shoot me. I think it is the most recent expression of our deep desire as a species to communicate with one another. We have been communicating with one another from when we sat around campfires trying to develop early language through to speaking to Neil Armstrong on the...