Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ
Mr. Terence O'Rourke:
The first was that the financing model would be fixed. In my initial discussions with the Minister that was clearly a very important issue. Second, I wanted to make sure there was recognition that we needed to spend more, not just on technology and content but on governance and properly resourcing the bits of the organisation which had failed in the last year. Lots of parts of RTÉ are working really well and delivered fantastically over the last year in terms of our content and the production output. The areas of financial controls and risk management were underfunded. I wanted to make sure there was recognition in Coimisiún na Meán and elsewhere that those areas would be properly funded. I want to make sure our leadership team has the right skills and the board is also reflective of and addresses some of the issues dealt with in the expert report.