Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We should ask whether there was a business case that included that and other information. RTÉ will argue that people have been raising, including at meetings of this committee, the need for RTÉ to broaden out and bring in more commercial revenue. We have raised this with it. Obviously, with commercial activity of this type, and particularly with shows, there is a risk involved. We accept that but we should ask whether there was a business case for the project and, if so, whether we could have a copy of it. We should ascertain whether it includes the number of tickets that would need to be sold to break even. There was a significant number of cancellations, and the number of scheduled shows was reduced from 34 to 27. We will request the information from RTÉ.

No. 1764B, dated 27 February, is from Mr. John Hogan, Secretary General of the Department of Finance. Mr. Hogan is providing information we requested arising from the meeting on 17 November. It is proposed to note and publish the correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. It was flagged by Deputy Munster. She is not here, so I propose to hold it over if members are happy with that.