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
Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I was not any good at that either. In terms of the interim funding, I know the Minister said she is bound by pending reports and discussions with Cabinet. Can we have some type of ballpark figure because the Irish citizens want to know the nature of what will be required to keep RTÉ afloat. Obviously, there are staff within RTÉ as well who are very concerned. We have talked about the ask of €34 million. We have heard about something in the region of €50 million to €60 million. Is there any way the Minister could give the committee, which has really taken this issue on and tried to highlight many of the issues within RTÉ and the future of media in general, a ballpark figure of where it lies between that ask of €34 million and the ask of between €50 million and €60 million that we have also heard about.
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