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DÁIL ÉIREANN AN COMHCHOISTE UM EALAÍONA, OIDHREACHT, GNÓTHAÍ RÉIGIÚNACHA, TUAITHE AGUS GAELTACHTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON ARTS, HERITAGE, REGIONAL, RURAL AND GAEL- TACHT AFFAIRS Déardaoin, 15 Nollaig 2016 Thursday, 15 December 2016 The Joint Committee met at 2.15 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Ciarán Cannon, Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell. Deputy Michael Collins, Deputy Martin Heydon, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, In attendance: Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh. DEPUTY PEADAR TÓIBÍN IN THE CHAIR. 1 Ferry SERVICE to INIS MÓR: DISCUSSION (RESUMED) Ferry Service to Inis Mór: Discussion (Resumed) Chairman: Breathnóimid anois ar na hábhair seo a leanas: an tseirbhís fharantóireachta go hInis Mór, Contae na Gaillimhe; staid agus curaimí Chomhar na nOileán; West Cork Develop- ment Partnership; proposed Mary Robinson centre in Ballina, County Mayo; agus an buiséad in 2017 i gcomhair na Gaeilge agus maoiniú i gcomhair Fhoras na Gaeilge agus i gcomhair Údarás na Gaeltachta. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúna- cha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, Deputy Heather Humphreys. Níl an tAire Stáit le freagracht as gnóthaí Gaeltachta agus acmhainní nádúrtha, Deputy Seán Kyne, anseo fós ach b’fhéidir go dtiocfaidh sé. I also welcome from the Department Mr. Joe Hamill, Secretary General, Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh, assistant secretary, Mr. William Parnell, assistant secretary, Mr. Aodhán Mac Cormaic, stiúrthóir na Gaeilge, and Mr. J. P. Mulherin, principal officer. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by abso- lute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by the commit- tee to cease giving evidence in relation to a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence.
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