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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Would you get a package on leaving?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: How much was paid out? What was the value of all the resignations that have happened because of the current scandals?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: At the end of the day, this is public money. Without going through individual cases, we are talking about €450,000 for one package. Are we talking €1 million or €2 million?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: We will go back to the price Mr. Bakhurst is talking about. He made a statement earlier that no laws were broken. Last year, 13,000 people were brought to court for non-payment of their TV licence. Those people faced €1,000 fines and all of them would have had a ruling made against them. Some of them faced the possibility of going to jail for a limited period of perhaps a few hours...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Going back to the future of RTÉ and the future of public service broadcasting, yesterday Sinn Féin tabled a Private Members' motion on which we will vote tonight. We want to see sustainable public sector broadcasting for RTÉ and TG4, and right across the board, be it Virgin Media, local radio stations, Dublin stations or community stations. We want to encourage and see good...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have one last question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Is Mr. Bakhurst organising meetings in the coming weeks to talk to the Minister for Finance to discuss funding for 2024? Will RTÉ have to get contingency funding before funding runs out? Is there a plan? I assume that RTÉ has done its budget for 2024-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: -----on what income is coming in. Is there a gap? If there is a gap when will the Minister, the Taoiseach, the Department or the Minister for Finance know about that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: With society now, with people on social media, computers, devices and their phones, the TV in every house is a thing of the past. We want to see a sustainable funding model for public service broadcasting. Mr. Bakhurst said earlier it is also something he would like to see so RTÉ can do its work. If we keep going with the model we have, I worry that this year fewer people will pay the...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: It is absolutely shocking that the Minister has come in here today and called Sinn Féin's proposal "premature". She said she feels there is a need for some serious consideration of the proposals before there is action. I will just give the Minister and the Government a small bit of history. This has been discussed for ten years. For ten years it has been recognised that the TV...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Like water charges. Let us not forget.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — a vibrant, diverse, financially sustainable and independent media sector is critical to any well-functioning democracy; — the Future of Media Commission Report published in 2022 recommended that the funding model for public service media change from the current system of funding by the television licence fee...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Like all of the other speakers, I wish to send my condolences, thoughts and prayers to the families who lost loved ones, last year especially. It was a catastrophic year on our roads. I know the Minister of State knows that. To be honest, this Government is saying one thing but doing another. We have seen budgets cut for road maintenance and safety by €150 million. This is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 3 o’clock It is time to scrap the TV licence. In the wake of the financial scandals at RTÉ and more than 100,000 people who have not paid their TV licence, it is now time for it to go. Public support for the licence has collapsed and the idea that the State would chase thousands of people through the courts is, frankly, absurd. The Taoiseach has described the TV licence as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Taoiseach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: That is an awful thing to say to me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: What about the water charges?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: Post offices are closing down every month.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Gould: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of school transport to a school (details supplied) and students in Glenville attending schools in Fermoy. [6392/24]