Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadcasting Sector Reports: Discussion with RTÉ
5:00 pm
Ms Breda O'Keeffe:
No. I reiterate that we make choices every day on investment in capital. We have an operating capital budget of approximately €7.5 million, which is half of what we need. We have prioritised capital projects. We do not invest as much as we would like in the regions in capital infrastructure. As the director general mentioned, in some cases, we have moved to institutes of technology, for example, in Waterford, Athlone and Dundalk. We could invest more capital in the regions if we had the money, but, unfortunately, we must make these choices.
Reference was made to the archives. It is a significant capital project for us in investing in the technology and storage platform to support the archives and their digitisation. We also look forward to receiving funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland through the archives scheme. I agree with the director general that we are not investing enough in capital infrastructure in the regions.