Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion
Mr. Adrian Lynch:
I completely agree with the Deputy on his point about "talent" and "not talent". RTÉ is dependent on the 1,800 people who go in there every single day and do an incredibly good job because they really believe in public service media. To the Deputy's point on that trust with the public and to one of his earlier points, how we, as the executive board, will be held to account by RTÉ in terms of the quality of journalism that will be applied anywhere else is so important. The phrase "top talent" is a terrible one so I would agree with the Deputy.
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