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 Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I get both that and point on the accuracy of the information, but the probity of the work that was done was there. There was a miscommunication, and we accept that, but the probity and governance are what is really important. Fair enough, she got a bit of information wrong. The Minister referred to numerous occasions, but it was numerous occasions relating to the same issue. It was repetitive. You were misinformed about that single issue. With respect, she should have been given the benefit of the doubt. I understand where you are coming from, but the benefit of the doubt should have been given because the core of the issue is whether she was driving change and putting in place a structure that had appropriate governance. The answer to that is "Yes". She was right on the fundamentals but she forgot something, and she is hung out to dry. Would the Minister accept that?

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