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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)
Christopher O'Sullivan: In fairness, you did.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: In the opening questions, I was glad Mr. Hickey was able to stand over the fact he had asked those questions. Again, is anybody willing to answer that question? Do they feel 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)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It did not set off alarm bells to say there was something wrong and ticket sales were not-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Did it not prompt you to ask questions about what the projections were?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It did not alert anybody at all?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It alarmed me.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: They were so good that we were pushing this ad on the radio three or four times a day every day. It was incessant.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: There were only 72 tickets sold in July.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: There were 106 sold in August.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: They were going so well that this as was still being pushed on TV on a daily basis. That is not your fault.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: They certainly did. We could not escape it. Let us be honest.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I do not have much time left. I want to come back to the director general very briefly. No one seems to be taking responsibility here. Ms Cusack said she should have pushed back harder. Mr. Lynch was on the executive during Toy Show The Musicaland when the exit packages were agreed, which, to be fair, he would have had very little knowledge of, but also during the Tubridy payment scandal....
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I genuinely wish Mr. Bakhurst the best of luck. I hope it works and roots out that culture. On the freeze that was introduced in September, have any staff been taken on since September?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Since Robert Shortt has taken on the position of company secretary, that has obviously left a vacancy within the newsroom. I understand there is no arts and media correspondent and no economics correspondent.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay. It is really important those positions are filled. We have heard from the executive board and the board. We have not heard from RTÉ staff or representatives. I ask that we hear from the NUJ, SIPTU or whoever it is. The staff are the one group which has been left out of this discussion since the debacle started at the start of the summer. It is important that we invite them...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I understand the communication between Mr. Bakhurst and the staff has improved massively as well.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It is better if we are honest and upfront now because-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Regulations (20 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue. This is an incredibly important issue. It is about HHC and HHC vapes in particular, their prevalence in Ireland, the damage they are causing, the harm they are doing to individuals, especially young people, and the damage they are causing to relationships and particularly families right across Ireland. It is a scourge on our...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Regulations (20 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I appreciate the response. The unfortunate thing is that it is almost a carbon copy of responses I have already received from the office of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, when I flagged this previously. There are some encouraging elements in the response in that there is clearly an awareness of this substance. There is awareness of the impacts it has on young people and of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I want to raise an issue on behalf of the people of Shannonvale, a small village near my home town of Clonakilty, who have been campaigning for years to get back their children's playground. The playground is located beside a wastewater treatment plant and at the moment there is raw sewage and excrement coming up through the surface. When I first came into this Dáil in 2020 I raised...