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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)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Scope audit is looking into bogus self-employment.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Four hours waiting and I get three minutes. There is a lot at stake. To me, public service broadcasting is critical. I do not want to see a world where Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk and for-profit companies are the only ones who provide us with news or broadcasting, but what has happened here has put the credibility of public service broadcasting seriously at risk. Therefore, we have to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: So, one presenter or their agent was not willing to take the pain. It has been described as a failure of corporate governance. It most certainly was that, but would any reasonable person looking on not say it was a bit more than that? I am trying to be fair but this really looks like orchestrated, organised deceit and concealment by somebody. When everybody else was taking cuts, the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You can draw no other inference from that other than it was being done deliberately because if it had not been done deliberately, there would have been uproar and legal would have challenged that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to get a bit more forensic detail. I think this question has been answered but I want to get it clear in my head. Renault was never going to pay anything, was it? Even without invoking the guarantee, RTÉ was always going to pay. Is that not correct? I want to understand that part of it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What I mean is that the public was always going to pay because it had to be cost neutral. There was never any question that anybody other than the public was going to pay for the secret payments to Ryan Tubridy. Is that not correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In other words, RTÉ, that is, the public, was always going to pay. Whatever about who knew-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----but somehow the people who concocted this deal knew that the public was always going to pay but they were going to conceal that fact. There has been some questioning of whether it is only the director general and maybe the former CFO who knew. People are asking if it is credible that nobody here knew, and that is a very reasonable question. The witnesses' answer seems to be that the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not like the expression "the talent". Who are "the talent" when this term is being used? One of the backdrops to this is there are people, including crew members, camera people, people who make stages, administration people and journalists who are on a fraction of the wages of the top people, who, if I understand the use of this term correctly, are somehow defined as "not the talent"....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Lynch. We think and a lot of the staff think that caps on the salaries of this so-called "top talent" need to be introduced because it is just not fair on the people.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Thursday, there is a debate on Ireland's further participation in the European Defence Agency. This is a mouthpiece for the European arms industry. The Taoiseach is planning to further involve us with this organisation, which represents those who make profits from producing weapons that are sold to, among other places, countries like Israel to murder Palestinians. Not only do European...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the families, friends and classmates of Max Wall and Andrew O'Donnell. I simply cannot imagine the unbearable sense of loss, tragedy and devastation being felt by their families and friends. I also extend all my sympathy to the St. Michael's school community who have to bear this terrible loss. Does the Taoiseach think we owe a State...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Children first.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a lot of people who are just trapped through no fault of their own.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on health will next meet. [32540/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet [32550/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: With the publication of the summer economic statement today, the debate on what will happen in the budget is going to crank up. I want the Taoiseach to think about the fact that the cost of disability report suggests that people with disabilities have additional costs of €7,000 to €9,000 per year, but the disability allowance is €220 per week. In other words, the vast...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am slightly off topic here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will make a tangential connection. The group of people I am talking about here are not making a request for the use of the Government jet, but they deserve a bit of support from the State. I commend Jack Marley, who is the first Irish amateur boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games in the heavyweight division. He is from Monkstown Boxing Club in my local area. I also congratulate...