Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ

Ms Si?n N? Raghallaigh:

It is a priority because one has to be able to plan for the future. In terms of outlining the vision for the next five to ten years, one can have as many visions as one wants but if one does not know what the income will be, it is difficult. It is important because we need to be able to plan and undertake necessary capital investment in the national infrastructure that is to the benefit of all. We have to be able to do those things and to show through our content why it is important. We are a creative organisation and we work with the independent sector, which is from where much of the creativity comes. Internally, we have a lot of talented people working with us. There are many different obligations to which we must adhere and we have to change how we deliver on those as well. We need to consider how we do the range of evolution we have to undertake, how that is distributed across platforms and how we are going to be able to fund that. Those are the challenges. Finance is a big part of it but it is not the only thing.

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