Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understood in advance of today's meeting that we had a letter from Dee Forbes on the Eversheds review. I stated publicly yesterday we would have the report today. I was disappointed to learn subsequently it is only a letter stating we do not have the report today. To anybody who felt we were going to receive the report, I apologise. I inadvertently assumed we would have it today. In any event, we will write to the director general asking about the points raised by the Deputy. The last paragraph states, "A policy has been developed which will take effect in January 2019". Regardless of the specifics of individual cases RTÉ has looked at its policy and now has a new policy. We want to know what led to the change of policy. We are not looking at the individual cases. We want to know what was the previous policy, what are the changes, what policy is taking effect and why has there been a change. There are specific circumstances for individuals. RTÉ seems to accept that a new policy is required for January 2019. We want to know why it came to this conclusion and give us the details and a copy of the new policy.