Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020
9:30 am
Ms Katherine Licken:
RTÉ is accountable to the Department and the BAI. NewERA also has a role in monitoring RTÉ. This is an area in which we need to exercise some caution. As has been mentioned, it is important that public sector broadcasting is independent. It is critical that it is at arm's length.