Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I thank the witnesses. I am quite conscious we have an ex-RTÉ employee here as well. The current issues with RTÉ have been outlined pretty starkly and we need to reflect on them as regards what we will be saying with this legislation. The point about the independent versus the commercial, how those sectors get their funding and the conditionality around same is an important one. That is, bodies have to meet certain requirements as regards standards and workers' rights. That is a critical issue that this committee needs to reflect on.

I am glad we got a chance to outline the Eversheds Sutherland review because, from a union point of view, it is something that is put out there for the likes of myself. There was a need to explain it and the history behind it. It is something that gets raised with me constantly in my political capacity, so it was important that we got a chance to air the history.

Regarding what we asked for earlier, the clerk has asked me to point out to Mr. O'Brien that we actually need it quite quickly in terms of the proposal we will make on this legislation.