Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for coming in. I ask Ms Forbes if RTÉ has commissioned a study of the landbank in Dublin 4 in relation to the potential to dispose of it, relocate, and the cost associated with that. This is in the context of RTÉ having already disposed of part of the land, so clearly it was thinking about it. We have been talking about decentralisation and my colleague, Senator Byrne, mentioned the Lyric FM issue and the cost questions that are associated with that. I understand the variance there, but given that there are so few staff I find it hard to believe that there is a cost saving to be made on that one but I will defer to Ms Forbes. Could she answer that question on the landbank and any study that RTÉ has carried out?