Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

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

Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Photo of Micheál CarrigyMicheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Looking to the future, the Minister mentioned the two expert reports and the need for reforms in public sector broadcasting. The reality is that now we are in a situation where we have no chair. We need a chair. We need someone who is very strong in that role. It could be said that it might be difficult to get somebody to take on that role after what has happened over the past week. Has the Minister approached anybody? What experience are we looking for now in the person who will have to take this role on? It is probably one of the most important appointments in recent years in government to ensure we save what is turning into a sinking ship now, to be quite honest.

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