Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
2:00 am
Mr. Donnacha McKeon:
No, again, there are different types of broadcast workers. There are full-time broadcast workers who are working for Pi Comms. There are no broadcast workers actually working for or employed directly by the Houses of the Oireachtas. All of these workers, whether part-time or full-time, are working for Pi Communications. They are specialised roles. A barman is a specialised role as well so I would not claim to know too much about that. We go out to look for a solution for services. We do not go out to market to say we specifically want this number of people to do a specific number of things. As a Civil Service, we do not have the expertise in broadcasting and that is what we are going out for. We are going out for expertise, advice and people who can run the technology we will need to keep pace in the really dynamic broadcasting environment that is happening, and changing as quickly as in any time I have ever seen.
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