Michael McGrath
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Sep 24, 2026
Tony McCormackGUEST
rights.
Tony McCormackGUEST
The commissioner, Michael McGrath, came out today and talked about regulating AI.
Tony McCormackGUEST
And actually, what he said was we have to do it urgently because, as Barry said earlier, we need to get in there.
Tony McCormackGUEST
Why are you watering it down then? We're not watering it down.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
We have, of course, other players in terms of David O'Sullivan, who is currently working on sanctions.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
For the EU, we had Mairead McGuinness, who is both Parliament and the Commission, and we have our current, of course, reigning commissioner, Michael McGrath, who has also been visiting here in Eurofant and has spoken to us in this studio.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
We also have several EU agencies across the European Union, and you may be aware that there are up to 50-odd EU agencies who specialise in particular areas of work, from pharmaceuticals, medical, food safety, right the way through to satellites and geostrategy.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
And of course, here we see many Irish directors who have taken up their posts in recent times.
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Mary McCaugheyHOST
And he talks about very many issues, including the accountability and transparency across the European Union.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
And that's on our podcast.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
Also, Michael McGrath, our current European commissioner.
Mary McCaugheyHOST
And we would hope that you would also be able to access some of the information that we've been talking about today.
Gary MurphyGUEST
There are only two constituencies in the country, P, just of interest, where they went two seats.
Gary MurphyGUEST
One is Leigh Shoffley, Brian Cowan's own constituency, and the other, of course, is Cork South Central, where Micheál Martin and Michael McGrath booked a national trend by holding two seats for Fianna Fáil in the city.
PJ CooganHOST
I sat on the count that night.
PJ CooganHOST
I didn't believe it was coming in from around the country.
Bairbre HolmesCORRESPONDENT
Those stopgap measures he showed me are needed because the town's flood defence scheme is far from being delivered, despite being in development for over 25 years.
Bairbre HolmesCORRESPONDENT
The project hit a major roadblock in 2022 when the then Minister for Public Expenditure, Michael McGrath, refused permission for plans submitted by the Office of Public Works because of their potential impact on the local environment.
Bairbre HolmesCORRESPONDENT
Any new project now will have to take our changing climate, into account.
Eddie TaffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The extent of the works here now in Enniscorthy will I think be greater than they would have been say if you planned the scheme say 10 years ago that does mean more dredging more river widening and and realistically unfortunately higher walls higher defence walls as well in the town to allow for that increase in severe weather that we're seeing.
John LeeGUEST
Mm.
Matt CooperHOST
Because, look, if we had the relationship between Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath, which was exceptionally strong, they were definitely singing off the same hymn sheet.
Matt CooperHOST
Then Michael McGrath went off to be the European Commissioner and was replaced by Jack Chambers, who had to develop the relationship with Paschal Donohoe, but I think they did it.
John LeeGUEST
Mm.
Matt CooperHOST
It was a very strong relationship as well.
Daniel McConnellGUEST
Sorry, what are, what are the proposals, just for people who haven't been following this?
John LeeGUEST
A break, a break on stamp duty.
John LeeGUEST
See, um, Seamus McGrath, who's Michael McGrath's brother, a different kettle of fish altogether from Michael.
Harry McGeePANELIST
Mm
Hugh LinehanHOST
... and, uh, Michael McGrath, going back to, um, you know, the, the, the, the Labor-Fine Gael coalition with, um, Michael Noonan and-
Pat LeahyPANELIST
Brendan Howlin, yeah
Hugh LinehanHOST
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Pat LeahyPANELIST
So he's got to juggle all those varying demands and keep the whole thing on an even keel.
Hugh LinehanHOST
But what I wonder, Harry, is in doing that, we're in a slightly new situation here because we're familiar with the kind of very close coordination, I think, previously that you had with, you know, previous double acts, so to speak, Pascal Donoghue, and Michael McGrath going back to, you know, the Labour-Finnegale coalition with Michael Noonan and Brendan Howland.
Hugh LinehanHOST
Now we have Simon Harris, who's a somewhat different character and is also the leader of his party.
Hugh LinehanHOST
It's also his first budget.
Shane BeattieHOST
It comes ahead of an announcement from the European Commission next week where it's expected to outline its plans to tackle the issue.
Shane BeattieHOST
Young people will be speaking at today's events alongside the Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan and European Commissioner Michael McGrath.
Shane BeattieHOST
Minister O'Donovan says protecting children online is key.
Patrick O'DonovanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think if as a union of 550 million people we were able to set out a clear legal framework and a clear policy agenda.
Brian O'DonovanCORRESPONDENT
Delegates will hear from policymakers, industry figures, representative organisations, regulators and children about how best to keep young people safe online.
Brian O'DonovanCORRESPONDENT
Tomorrow, we'll hear from two of the European Commissioners that are responsible for tech regulation, Henna Verkoenen and Michael McGrath.
Brian O'DonovanCORRESPONDENT
It's being hosted by the Communications Minister, Patrick O'Donovan.
Brian O'DonovanCORRESPONDENT
Ahead of the event, he described it as a call to action.