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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I refer to the form of the executive, however, in front of the director general. This is the key point. The conversations took place outside the room and there was no degree of transparency.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I just want to ask another question. The Resolve report was furnished to Ms Cusack on 2 March 2022.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: It took more than a year and freedom of information requests and all sorts of other efforts to get that report published. For everybody's benefit, this report examined the culture in certain parts of RTÉ because there had been allegations of bullying, etc. Why did Ms Cusack sit on that report for a year?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: When were the changes made? To my knowledge, they were not made before the publication of this report. The reason the trade unions in RTÉ had to force the publication of this report was so that action would then be taken.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I refer to moving the individual in question sideways.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Is Ms Cusack comfortable that a report, which was ultimately designed to try to improve the culture and the attitude manifested towards female workers in particular and to try to stamp out allegations of bullying, was suppressed for so long?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: The trade union group was not given this report. Surely all the dealings go through the trade union group when it comes to HR matters. They were not given the report-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: This was a systemic issue. It was not just a once-off. There was a systemic issue within current affairs.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: If issues like this present again, I do not think it an appropriate approach to move people sideways. If there is wrongdoing, then there has to be a process where people are dealt with accordingly, as opposed to a culture of moving people sideways. I hope that never happens again in the context of what did happen in respect of the manner in which those issues were addressed at the time.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Yes. I appreciate that. I thank Mr. Bakhurst.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I thank the Minister of State for taking this on behalf of the Minister for Education today. I am very conscious that there has been a lot of attention this week on the Department of Education's failure to properly plan for secondary school places in certain areas, in greater Dublin, Kildare, and Wicklow. We have a long-running issue regarding the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I welcome the work that is being done. It has been a scramble, but I will wholeheartedly support every expansion of special needs places. Having said that, there is a big difference between announcements and delivery. Even in Dublin 7, we have seen a delay in the opening of a new special school. These things happen. As adults, we can wait,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: To follow that last contribution, the call from this House is that the Israeli basketball team should be called out and pulled out of the International Basketball Federation because the pressure on the players has been shocking. I wholeheartedly agree with Senator O'Donovan about the stance that many have rightly taken but it is not fair to put players in that awful situation. I agree with...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Marie Sherlock: The Labour Party welcomes the Digital Services Bill. We all have to be clear that, as Senator Garvey said, this is giving effect to the EU regulation on digital services. It is specific with regard to establishing the mechanism for the supervision and enforcement of the regulation in this country. In that regard we welcome the Bill. This is the latest chapter in the EU initiative to...

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

Marie Sherlock: I support the amendment. There have been drug and alcohol task forces in operation for almost 26 years in the communities most badly affected by serious addiction issues. The task force model is based on drawing in people from the community to come up with solutions for the community. Not including them in the list of bodies to be represented on the new community safety partnerships is a...

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

Marie Sherlock: I move amendment No. 68: In page 104, line 27, after “Ministers” to insert “and with any local authority association (within the meaning of section 225 of the Local Government Act 2001)”.

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

Marie Sherlock: Agreed.

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

Marie Sherlock: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I will say at the outset that the dissolution of the joint policing committees, JPC, and creation of the community safety partnerships, CPC, is arguably a major shift in that interface between public representation and policing. We very much support the theory of community safety partnerships because safety cannot just be about policing. We cannot...

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

Marie Sherlock: I welcome my fellow Cork people today. The other key thing is with regard to the composition of the new community safety partnerships. In our amendments Nos. 77 and 81, we set down that 25% of the membership of the CSP has to be with local authority members and then the chair has to come from a member of the local authority. Furthermore, it is a bit strange to us when we read section 114...