Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will add that to it.

The next correspondence is R2323B from Mr. Graham Doyle, Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, dated 18 January. It provides a response to questions raised by the committee regarding the national monument on Moore Street. The correspondence was not flagged but I ask members to agree that we write to the Moore Street Preservation Trust seeking rebuttal of the points raised by Mr. Doyle. It is important that we seek a response before closing off the matter. We have the letter from the Secretary General. I propose that, for information purposes, we send it to the Moore Street Preservation Trust and ask for a response. Is that agreed? Agreed. It is important that the national monument is protected.

The next two items of correspondence relate to an engagement with RTÉ. I propose that we consider them together. The first is R2342 from Ms Siún Ní Raghallaigh, cathaoirleach of the RTÉ board, dated 25 January 2024. It sets out the situation regarding the willingness of the RTÉ board to engage with the committee on Toy Show The Musical. It is proposed to note and publish the correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will flag it for discussion.

R2339 from Deputy Catherine Murphy, dated 25 January, concerns our further engagement with RTÉ. It is proposed to note and publish the correspondence. The report on Toy Show The Musicalcame out last week. It is important that we engage with RTÉ on it. I said at the time that if we had the McCann FitzGerald report, we should bring RTÉ back in on both matters. In light of what came out yesterday in the McCann FitzGerald report, which showed serious irregularities in how business was done, it is important to have RTÉ before the committee as quickly as possible.

In view of what has transpired in the past eight days, I propose that Ms Eimear Cusack be added to the list of invitees. It is important that she and Mr. Jim Jennings be there, along with people from the board. Breda O'Keeffe is no longer an employee of RTÉ but we should request her to attend. I will also request again that Dee Forbes attend. The last we heard, late last year, was that she was still not medically fit. I hope she is medically fit now. She plays a role in the latest report and certainly her name comes up a number of times and she looms large in it. It is important that we invite her in because I think there will be contradictory evidence from people who come before the committee. We even see in the report that there is some attempt to say, "Somebody else is to blame, not me." There is a good bit of that running through it.

It is important that we have the central players in the room. We will try to get them in. It is unfortunate that, to date, we have not had Ms Forbes before us. I have said that a number of times. The two latest reports really highlight the urgency of her coming before the committee. I suggest that we should be flexible in how we approach it. The fact we do not even have correspondence from her is very disappointing. In light of the McCann FitzGerald report, it is also really important that Ms Eimear Cusack and Mr. Jim Jennings are here. We should also hear from the appointed board members who were there during the Toy Show The Musicalperiod and who are still there.

Deputy Murphy wants to comment on R2339.