Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I can understand the frustration about that exact issue, but at all times I as Minister must respect editorial independence in these decisions. What we will expect in future is the transparency and honest discussions and engagements with the committee that I have sought ever since this crisis emerged. That needs to change and change for good. We need to see it as Members of the Oireachtas and the public need to see it too. That is why I feel the independent expert groups, when they make their recommendations, might even add to whatever that strategic vision is. We need robust governance in place, and not just in place but seen to be in place.
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