Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Malcolm ByrneMalcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I will ask to stop the clock because I am going to do it like the Chair and put three questions quickly.

On the RTÉ statement of strategy, will RTÉ meet the target on independent production of €70 million by 2027?

On diversity and reviewing, news and current affairs are generally very good, but since the general election, the panel on "The Week in Politics" has comprised seven Social Democrats, eight Labour representatives, three from Aontú and two from People Before Profit. How many Government backbenchers have appeared in the past six months on the panel on "The Weeks in Politics"? We had no speaking rights on "The Week in Politics".

Mr. O'Rourke is a very experienced chair and he came in at a difficult time. Is he satisfied that many of the challenges around corporate governance have improved?