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Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...the Dáil to the White House, from Pennsylvania Avenue to Trimgate Street, John Bruton was the same courteous, affable man no matter where you met him.Ireland has lost a statesman. To his wife, Finola; his children, Matthew, Juliana, Emily and Mary-Elizabeth; his sister, Mary, and his brother and our colleague, Richard, we extend our condolences. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Shane Cassells: All of the organisations have mentioned the work being done. Being parochial, I wish to give a shout out to some clubs. Navan rugby club was the first club to facilitate children with special needs and intellectual disabilities with a special team in the whole of the north east. I acknowledge that work. On the female side, our women’s coach is Jackie Shiels, the former Irish...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...due to the consistent abuse of referees in schoolboys and schoolgirls' football. We have to think about that. It goes to the root and the heart of the matter here. There is abuse of officials at children's football matches. We have young children in the Gallery today. Imagine that there is abuse by adults who should no better but do not. That particular incident shone a spotlight on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...of Meath football relaunched again when we defeated the Cathaoirleach's county.It is a serious campaign. I pay tribute to Rachel J. Cooper for doing this. Ms Cooper is the author of Our National Anthem, a children's book. The fact that it has instigated such a debate already is amazing. There were significant debates on the breakfast programme on Newstalk yesterday about people who...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...towns such as Ennis. This is why I stand in defence of my hospital in Navan. It is madness to take two of the fastest-growing towns in the entire country with a population of 40,000 men, women and children each and then combine them into one, overcrowded hospital and think that is a plan. It is dangerous, as I demonstrated and as I had warned prior to Christmas when 11 ambulances were...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Shane Cassells: That is understandable. I think the issue of the star ratings of the hotel could be addressed. I know the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is handling the issue but we have officials present from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. It is relevant. Mr. Kelly made the point that international bookings are standing up. If...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister and all of the staff in the Department for taking on board our concerns. We spoke specifically about the sections pertaining to the interests of children. This was motivated by the discussions with the special rapporteur on child protection when he came before the committee and with students who came from various primary and secondary schools to debate these points with...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Shane Cassells: ..., hence, an increase in awareness for the advertising platforms and an increase in revenue. Our own data regulator is pointing out the transgressions, with breaches in terms of the processing of the data of children in the context of the operation by children of business accounts and so forth. We are well aware of the breaches that exist at present. I praise the Data Protection...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...held extensive debates on this and I participated in them. They were about making sure broadcasters reflect on content. There were debates on gender, the visibility of disabled people and how children are protected. There was a special half-day discussion on this point alone. The Senator is trying to enshrine it in legislation. The Future of Media Commission was trying to ensure its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...had cerebral palsy, and he ran the 2017 Dublin marathon pushing Alanna in her special running chair. Sadly, Alanna has passed since then but Keith has maintained his dedication to her memory and to fundraising for children like Alanna as well. He described himself to RTÉ last year as just a runner, just an average person. I think he is far from average. Ireland, and more...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...many positives. I praise the LGFA for the social media campaign that it is running at the moment called The Greatest Gift to encourage parents to stay on the sideline and to actually watch their children playing. There is a great number of parents who come to games, drop their children and are gone, and do not bother to see the value of watching their own children playing. If they spend...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...values enshrined in the Constitution, especially those relating to rightful liberty of expression, are upheld" and subsection (2)(b) requires that "the interests of the public, and in particular the interests of children, are protected". Amendment No. 10 seeks to delete paragraph (b) and specifically inserts that "the rights to privacy and reputation, are protected". That is an important...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Shane Cassells: From the point of view of the protection of the rights of children, based on Ms Haugen's analysis and what she has seen were the advertisements, in particular in the areas of fast food and online gambling, being used to target children and to exploit children? Is that something that was happening in terms of the harm to children?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Feb 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...can be dealt with. On the issue of health - and this is such a broad-ranging Bill - we had the Irish Heart Foundation before the committee. Its representatives described as worrying the absence of a ban on junk food advertisements aimed at children. Professor Conor O’Mahony, the special rapporteur on child protection, spoke of the dangers of targeted gambling advertisements,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...of State, Deputy Chambers, this week about sports capital funding. I congratulate all those who will be in receipt of this funding. I hope they get the best use out of it to deliver for our children and adults, but I think we can do even more in how we look at it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Nov 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...on young people. Some of the key recommendations we have made today include an individual complaints scheme available to people, that provisions be responsive to the need to, in particular, protect children and vulnerable groups and the provision of an online safety commissioner.We had as a witness the Australian eSafety Commissioner. She has done amazing work in bringing to heel the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...credit for the digital gaming sector at the rate of 32% of expenditure up to €25 million on the design, production and testing of a game. This is a wide encompassing sector, primarily focused on children and teenagers in the area of gaming. In recent years, the gambling industry has sought to rebrand its online gambling casino products under the name "gaming". This includes...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...topic. I am privy to better daily briefings than the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, receives. The childcare sector and the particular issues involved are varied and many-layered. When the Department of Children was created, and really strengthened under the stewardship of the late Brian Lenihan 20 years ago, the sector as a regulated entity was in its embryonic and formative stage. People...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...incidents have happened? Does Mr. McGeoghegan have a fear that such scenarios could happen in Ireland? I thank Dr. Campbell and Ms Walsh for their presentations and for the data on the harm to children from junk food companies. I wrote down Dr. Campbell's comment on advertising from these companies suggesting food is the social glue that brings people together. That was quite...