Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011
11:40 am
Mr. Michael O'Keeffe:
No. Actually, there has been a reduction in staff. The BAI was previously the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. We had a full-time equivalent staff of 36 as the BCI and we now have a full-time equivalent of approximately 32. We were caught by the moratorium on public service recruitment. When the Broadcasting Act 2009 was introduced, we were not given any additional staffing to support our activities under the legislation.