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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: I will be brief. The Taoiseach should not be celebrating the presidency of a man who is arming and financing a genocide against the Palestinian people. There should be no farewell drinks for President Biden, and no place at Shannon Airport for US planes bringing arms to Israel. There is a huge gap between the Taoiseach's words and the Taoiseach's actions on this issue. If I cannot call a...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: You cannot.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: -----I will call a vote now on the Chief Whip's proposal. I also urge people to join the protest at Shannon this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Duncan Smith: Revelations published on the front page of The Sunday Times that a Member of the Oireachtas has been recruited by Russian intelligence have been scoffed at, laughed at and dismissed by many since, but this is a matter of the utmost importance and seriousness. I have not seen anything, either internally from the Oireachtas or politically, in terms of how we are actually going to counter and...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know what is going on with this Taoiseach, but he has the media and the people driven demented. He has us driven demented. I think he is becoming demented himself.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: That is a two-way street.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I think it is time now to stop all the tricks and the games of snakes and ladders and have a bit of cop-on and respect for the people, as well as this House. Call the election. Let the dog see the rabbit. Let us out there, rather than playing games up and down, backward and forward, running over to Joe Biden and back. He is afraid he will not be Taoiseach again and that he will not be...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: You will never be Taoiseach anyway.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a bit of a charade. The Taoiseach is trying to drive the whole country demented, especially the electorate, but it can see what is going on and will catch him in good time.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are dealing with a proposal on the Order of Business, and nothing else. Does the Taoiseach want to comment?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: First, I am concerned to hear Deputy Barry would like to have a vote on my movements and where I can or cannot go. That certainly does not work. Second, I could have easily done what many taoisigh do regularly when attending official business and sent someone in here to deputise on my behalf. What I did was to ask the House to agree to take Leaders' Questions early because I need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Unfortunately, as I was at another meeting, I missed the start of this one. I may repeat some of the questions judging by the conversation. I note at the outset that there has been a significant increase in the content produced by RTÉ on nature, diversity and climate. That is very welcome. The standard of these programmes is incredible. What I find is that there are two faces of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Everything is tracked. Does Mr. Deans have those figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is interesting. In terms of RTÉ’s ad revenue, a figure of approximately 10% - and dropping - is from fossil fuel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is approximately 10% of the organisation’s revenue. Has RTÉ ever had conversations about whether as a public service broadcaster – I understand it proudly follows the quite stringent regulations and codes of Coimisiún na Meán – there is an opportunity for it to go above and beyond what those regulations are? We have never really been very strong on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Apologies for speaking over Mr. Deans. From the editorial and content side, if RTÉ has a show dealing with climate and the environment into which a lot of effort has been put, and during which fossil fuel ads are shown, does it feel that undermines its message? Has a decision been made not to show fossil fuel-type ads during these programmes? Have there been conversations about when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Would RTÉ judge what ads to put on then? I imagine in some instances where there is a show on a very sensitive subject there would not be ads related to that subject. Would those same conversations occur on climate and nature programmes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: RTÉ tends not to show fossil fuel ads during those programmes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Returning to the question on content, do the witnesses feel that the message is sometimes undermined by the commercial showing of ads at the same time as climate programmes? It is probably a difficult question to answer.