Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Katherine Licken:

We expect RTÉ to show cost savings and we expect it to follow those cost savings if additional funding is required, but we will not dictate what the cost savings will be. The Minister has made it clear that she will not dictate either what the strategy will be. It is up to RTÉ to come up with a strategy, show the cost savings and, critically, also show the governance reform that is needed. RTÉ has done a lot to date on governance reform. They are all the elements that we want to see in order to be able to stand over the strategic review. We will advise the Minister in conjunction with NewERA on any recommendation in regard to additional funding.