Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE

10:25 am

Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I will answer the comment about Sligo. RTE owns the building from which it operates in that location so to make it financially viable to move from the premises, we would need to find another tenant to move to the building. I am not sure that is imminent; if we can deliver that, it would be great and we could move to the institute of technology but in the mean time we will pursue - as we are doing in Galway - the other elements of the partnership with the institute of technology. I am going to Sligo in a couple of weeks to try to put a bit more flesh on the bones in that respect.