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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I had hoped to get the Minister's view or opinion on this but she-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: That will make the rest of my questions pretty difficult because there will be a lot of those types of questions.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I was not any good at that either. In terms of the interim funding, I know the Minister said she is bound by pending reports and discussions with Cabinet. Can we have some type of ballpark figure because the Irish citizens want to know the nature of what will be required to keep RTÉ afloat. Obviously, there are staff within RTÉ as well who are very concerned. We have talked...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Will it be more than €34 million?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Will the Minister at least confirm whether it will be more than the €34 million ask?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Again, this is something other committee members have touched on and relates to the cost-cutting exercise which the Minister welcomed. Obviously, we need to see prudence and efficiencies within RTÉ. At the same time, if there is a massive focus on cost cutting, I can imagine it is the regular RTÉ staff who have worked so hard for the organisation who have probably been the most...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: If there was talk about salary cuts, for example, and I am not assuming or predicting anything that may come in the recommendations from the DG, surely the Minister would prefer to see those salary cuts happen at the top end of those earners who are earning large figures as opposed to the staff in RTÉ who really have been impacted by this in a negative way and that their salaries would...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In terms of the big picture and the future funding of media and of RTÉ, this is something this committee has been focused on. We have waited patiently for a decision on this and we have waited patiently for a steer on what direction the future of media will be and how it will be funded. There is the whole question of the licence fee versus device fee versus funding from the general...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is not just a matter for RTÉ, but it is in everybody's interest that we keep this famous institution alive and that it continues to do the work it has done over the decades with quality public broadcasting. Yet, it is important people know where they stand. The Minister indicated already that there may be a decision. I think she said, in a response to Senator Malcolm Byrne, it...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Would the Minister at least say it? The Tánaiste said that he would fear for the independence of RTÉ if it were to be funded directly from general Exchequer funding. Does the Minister share that opinion? Would she share Senator Malcolm Byrne’s opinion?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full breakdown of the funding allocated to the early years sector for 2022 and 2023 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42999/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to all service types within the early years sector, that is, community childcare, privately-owned operators and childcare providers in the home, for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the allocations going to the different State bodies, that is, Tusla, Pobal, the Department of Education, Better Starts and the county childcare committees, for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43001/23]

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Fifty seconds is all I need and that will give Deputy McGuinness ten.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: When it comes to school transport and the review, we need to over-provide. This whole eligible versus concessionary thing has to go, within reason. It has to go for so many reasons, including for climate action because we need to get cars off the road. Traffic is clogging up our towns and villages. The busiest time, which people try to avoid, is during school times when the traffic is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach for an overview of the Quarter 2 Progress Report of the 2023 Climate Action Plan. [37575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (28 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his attendance at the UN Sustainable Development Goals summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (28 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an overview of the Treaty on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction which he recently signed on behalf of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41871/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (28 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the reason the decommissioned Bord na Móna, Derryadd peat bog, at Mid Shannon Wilderness Park, County Longford, continues to have large volumes of water drained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can provide a timeline for the ORESS 2.1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41806/23]