Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 September 2023

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

Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed)

Ms Si?n N? Raghallaigh:

I will leave it to Mr. Bakhurst to talk about the operational aspect. It does not take much to understand that we are in a very difficult position here. If one looks at it, this is an organisation that we have to restructure. If one was doing that in a normal situation, one would have a restructuring plan, take it to the shareholder, and discuss how it is costed and will be financed. That is why I am hoping that with this committee, and our own Minister of course, there will be collective responsibility taken for that. We have to have that honest discussion, come to a resolution on it and find a way to fund not just RTÉ, if it is a media fund, and we have to decide how that is shared out. We have to have that conversation sooner rather than later, and the onus is on the board, alongside Mr. Bakhurst and his team, to bring that forward. Operationally, I will leave it to Mr. Bakhurst.

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