Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

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

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

Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

It is studio 1. I cannot give assurances that none of the land will be sold. As the Senator knows, we have looked at all options on this, as we needed to do, and at the moment the plan is that the board has approved the option we settled on, which is to stay on the land and shrink back. We have a significant issue on the land in that we have four or five listed buildings, all of which need to be brought up to proper environmental standards by 2030, which will mean an investment of tens of millions across the site. We need to look at what we actually need on that site, particularly as we put more production around the country, in Cork and in other places. We will not need the whole site, but as to what we do with the radio centre or the other listed buildings, that will be something that we need to do some more work on and look at what are the best options for RTÉ but also for the country as a whole.

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