Results 1-20 of 124 for long speaker:Shane Cassells

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Shane Cassells: I want to give a cautious welcome to the news overnight that Tara Mines in Navan is to reopen on a gradual basis. This mine, the largest sink mine in Europe, has been closed for nine long months, with more than 600 employees left on minimal support. It has been nine long months when there has been very little goodwill from the company towards this workforce in Navan. It is my sense there...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Shane Cassells: ...be significant. Since 2022, the sports capital grant delivered a record €150 million in grant aid, which is a fourfold increase in sports funding in this country. I have been advocating for a long time that we need a tenfold increase in sports funding. The new president of the GAA was asked whether there was one thing he would like to see happen in respect of funding and he...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Integration of LGFA and Camogie Association with the GAA: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Shane Cassells: Professor McAleese mentioned her three colleagues alongside her and how long the various associations have been in place. Thankfully, although this island is politically divided, most of our sporting organisations operate on a 32-county basis, with soccer being the only odd one out. When the Football Association of Ireland, FAI and the Irish Football Association, IFA, tried to have a merger...

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

Shane Cassells: ...saying that somehow we woke up to the issue because selection conventions and European elections are forthcoming, as simply trash talk towards members of this party. I have been a politician for a long time. This summer, it will be 25 years since I was first elected. I have never looked at what I do in my work as relating to the next seat or the next chamber. My record shows that. I...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...distortion in the midst of an electoral campaign. Last month I acted as an election observer in Poland for the elections there. In the work we did prior to polling day, liaising with our long-term mission observers, the point was made forcefully that the impact on the result was solidified in the weeks building up to the elections. The day of the electoral contest itself was run with...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...I will touch base with Mr. Cavanagh, Mr. Hannaway and Mr. Hayden. St. Mary's Musical Society, Navan, which is my local musical society, will launch its Christmas productions this Friday. I am a long-standing member of the society. It will put on 11 productions in December. I wish it well. Reference was made to the challenges faced in this context and the societies that are performing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the launch of a scholarship pilot scheme yesterday by former and Irish international footballers James McClean, Gavin Bazunu, Seamus Coleman, Kevin Long and Enda Stevens. On foot of funding they raised, €30,000 will be provided for a scholarship pilot scheme that will provide two bursaries to enable one 17-year-old boy and one 17-year-old girl to train full time with their...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: Does Mr. Lynch envisage him coming back on air in the long term?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...also want to speak about the fact that the new media commission, Coimisiún na Meán, launched its work programme yesterday. I commend them on that. It is great that it is up and underway. We worked long and hard on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill in this Chamber and it is great that an coimisiún is now working on implementing the new regulatory regimes for how...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: I thank Senator Kyne. I note the guests of Senator Micheál Carrigy from the active retirement group in Newtownforbes in County Longford, who are in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. They are very welcome and I hope they enjoy their day in Leinster House and in Seanad Éireann. I also acknowledge the presence of Deputy Paul McAuliffe in the Visitors Gallery along with his guests,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mining Industry (14 Jun 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...about being in continuous dialogue. They were not in dialogue to begin with. Saying that they were acutely aware of a deep regret is not worth the paper it is written on this morning. There is a long-term future for this mine. A rich body of ore has been discovered in what is called Tara Deep. This is going to be profitable mine for 50 years to come for the town of Navan. However, in...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Shane Cassells: ..., the growth in the number of visitors or short-term lets, and last week we discussed rural tourism. My point is that it is a tapestry. In that context, we are certainly not going to shoehorn into an hour-long discussion here everything we want to say about a matter that the committee debates literally all the time and that the Minister debates every single day. There are a number of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion (29 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...are supported by the tourism industry, and I heard Mr. O'Mara Walsh speak about this on "Morning Ireland" today, have we hard data from the 2022 period that show there has been a threat to their long-term survival?

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...would look in at them. I know the Minister of State has a deep, passionate and caring feeling for all of our monuments, and I acknowledge that totally. I am afraid, however, because I have been around long enough as a councillor, Deputy and Senator and I have seen some of the architecture of the State trying to exclude people. It is good that this amendment is down and that there is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...beyond it. This independent report just looked at the various other reports that were done down through the years. This has been going on for 15 years. The Leader, Senator Doherty, and I have long been working on this issue. Going back to a report in 2008 it was acknowledged that undergrounding technology "is noted to play an important role in urban and congested areas, or where site...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...the document last week. One of the first projects listed by the CEO of the NTA, Anne Graham, is the Navan rail line. Having represented the town of Navan and having fought for this project for a long time, I am delighted it has eventually become part of a multibillion euro package. I pay tribute to the people of Navan, who made their voices heard in this process. Of the 4,000...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: I will turn my attention to community television. I wholeheartedly support this sector. Where I come from, Navan, we were very lucky to have a community television station for a long time, as naturally befits Navan's status. We had Navan Television which subsequently became Province 5 Television and was run by Kevin Mac Namidhe. I want to give him particular mention because the...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...breakout of Mountjoy to ensure we got back here for the final vótáil. I am sure he will not miss that part of the job. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his election. As he mentioned, we became friends on a very long day in the summer of 2007 when fate and our surnames placed us beside each other on the count for the labour panel. I met his dad for the first time that day....

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

Shane Cassells: ...point, would not be hot spots of tourism for eight or nine months of the year, is there a sense among members of the Irish Hotels Federation that they are prepared to go with these contracts in the long term?