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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, are related, and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (28 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the Road Traffic Bill 2024 and has made amendments thereto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Absolutely. Does she want to answer now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms Hone and I thank Senator Cummins for allowing me to substitute in this committee matter which is certainly a really difficult issue in my own county of Mayo. I thank our witnesses for being here and for advocating for all of the homeowners in each of their counties and for those who have been seriously impacted, their lives destroyed and their mental health being challenged daily....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Really, it is the issue of payment and the delays associated with those needing to be processed in a more substantial manner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Can I just ask with regard to the area of disadvantage for existing applicants who were on the previous scheme and who then transitioned onto the new scheme? Mr. O'Donnell talked about the €15,000 for accommodation and the €5,000 storage benefits on existing applicants missing out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: The expectation was that this would be seamless for those who had been approved and would have been tested, that the would have been automatically moved on to the new DCB. Mr. O'Donnell is saying that is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Is the paperwork the barrier or is it just-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister for attending along with her officials. Certainly, the past few days have been nothing short of extraordinary, and for the wrong reasons. Once again, we have the RTÉ drama escalating into another fiasco. At what point did the Minister begin to doubt the capacity of the former chair to lead the board and to initiate the much-needed change and reforms within RTÉ?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Do you not think she was worth persisting with?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: She was a woman of integrity and of vast experience. She had presided over the RTÉ debacle for the past 15 months. Was the writing on the wall for her before the "Prime Time" interview?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: You said you were shocked that RTÉ "Prime Time" was aware of the information that was withheld by the chair. Have you initiated any inquiry into how it got that information?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Are conversations with the Minister, the director general, and the chair held in a private capacity?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: How many people were in the room during the two meetings last week?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Do you feel there was a complete failure in the duties of all parties who attended that meeting to protect the information in it and the questions that were asked?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: On Monday and Wednesday.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: Have you asked the question how they actually obtained that information? Certainly, in your statement, you say you were scheduled for "Prime Time" to discuss the legal advice and the public funding model, but something significantly changed.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: So why did the Minister even speak about the chair of RTÉ during the interview?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: But the Minister did not have all the factual accurate information at that time.