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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Shortt. As the commercial director, I must ask Ms O'Leary is it good enough that she cannot recall the detail of the invoices and that there was no paper trail within her office? This is particularly pertinent when we have learned from the Grant Thornton report that those invoices accounted for 70% of the value of the purchases going through the barter account in 2022. What...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Is it exceptional then that Ms O'Leary would not even communicate with the chief financial officer if it is unusual for her role to be raising invoices at all?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I think what we are hearing is a story of Chinese walls and that divisions are working in silos and not communicating with each other. It reflects an utter dysfunction as an executive if an unusual transaction has never been brought to the attention of the executive. If I picked him up correctly, the chief financial officer said a few minutes ago that the first he understood of these...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Mr. Collins had no knowledge and no inkling whatsoever.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: There is an ambiguity to Mr. Collins's answer. We see from the Grant Thornton report that the barter account was previously outside of the financial statements but was brought into the balance sheet two years ago, if I understand correctly. How could it be the case that if the barter account was on the balance sheet for the past two years, he had no knowledge of these events last year, and...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: When did Mr. Collins know?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Mr. Collins is saying that his department had no knowledge at all of this last year.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: But they did not feed them to Mr. Collins as chief financial officer.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: That raises serious questions about the operation of the finance department, if there was no follow-up to Mr. Collins if these were unusual transactions. I want to ask about the end of contract payments. To many RTÉ staff, the concept of out of contract payments for certain, though not all, individuals, and having to find a way to offset those is a real kick in the teeth. I want to...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Who in RTÉ has end of contract payments as part of their contracts?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Other than Ryan Tubridy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: That is the only time there has been an end of contract clause.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I have a question for the chair. I am conscious Ms Ní Raghallaigh is only in the role a few short months and she faces a gargantuan task to re-instill confidence in the national public broadcaster. Do she accept she is presiding over a dysfunctional executive?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I would like to ask about the business model in RTÉ. On one side, there is somebody on a fixed-term contract who has to go through an arduous contract review group process to try to become a permanent employee. On the other is this opaque system for negotiating with "talent" in RTÉ. Does Ms Ní Raghallaigh believe that is the right model? It is important to say we have only...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: This is my final question. Given what Ms Ní Raghallaigh has said about effectively having a dysfunctional executive, which is why she is here today, what needs to happen now? Surely it is not just about a new DG being in place. I am concerned that there might be a witch-hunt against one particular individual. What systemic changes need to take place, to turn the ship around?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Ní Raghallaigh. I know Mr. Coveney wants to respond as well.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I express my solidarity with the workers of Iceland Foods, some of whom have had to stage a sit-in at the Talbot Street store. I was with them late last night. It is shameful that they feel they have to stage a sit-in in order to get the wages that are due to them. Some are owed more than €1,000. These are minimum-wage jobs. The staff are owed holiday pay. It is shameful that...
- Seanad: EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I thank the Civil Engagement Group for this important motion. We are seeing a normalisation of the Mediterranean becoming a graveyard for thousands of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty in a desperate bid to make a life for themselves in Europe. It has become normalised, particularly in western Europe. It is a shame on all member states of the European Union to have been party to...
- Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jun 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Is the amendment being pressed?