Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
9:00 am
Ms Breda O'Keeffe:
Not particularly the difference. I understand the oversight arrangements that are currently in place between ourselves and the Department under the Broadcasting Act. There are extensive requirements under the Act. In addition to that, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, is the regulator for RTÉ. It makes sure that the various sections of the Broadcasting Act are implemented. Beyond that, obviously, we have all the financial controls. Then there is the annual statement of performance commitments, which is, perhaps, the territory the Deputy is talking about. Every year, we submit to the BAI our annual statement of performance commitments. It is RTÉ's commitments on what it will do with that funding every year.
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