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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) (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Would Mr. Lynch also say that the quid pro quofor the funding that could restore the integrity of public service broadcasting and deal with the tension by eliminating it, which is what needs to happen, is to address the other matter that does not sit well with people and is infuriating them in all of this, namely, the staggeringly high salary levels of an ultimately small, but fairly...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not know whether anyone else wishes to comment on my question but I believe that means salary caps and reducing salaries at the top level much further. I have to be honest with the witnesses on that because it infuriates people. May I ask a few final questions?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have just a couple of questions. A register of interests for, I believe, people on air was mentioned. Could I suggest that there should be a register of interests for everyone, including board and executive members? Even if someone is not on air, he or she can have significant influence over the expenditure of public moneys and, therefore, the question of conflicts of interest is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure that is true for the vast majority. It is the case, however, certainly, from my knowledge of it, that a relatively small number of producers get the bulk of public financial support through various mechanisms. If that is not true, fine. Those in Equity are saying that they are being forced to sign buyout contracts both within RTÉ and in respect of productions funded by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One of the reasons whoever is responsible for the scandal of RTÉ overpayments should be ashamed of themselves is because for three or four weeks now it has sucked all the air out of every other issue affecting ordinary people, who often struggle with intense hardship and difficulty in their lives. Before the Dáil finishes for the summer recess at the end of this week, one of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and addresses the anomalies in the tenant in situscheme to prevent more families being made homeless over the summer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Promises of things in the future are cold comfort to families who are homeless now with their children, in many cases for several years, or those threatened with homelessness immediately. This week a woman who came to my office was bawling crying because she felt she had let down her daughter. She is working, by the way, as are many who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Two and a half years and four years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is no complicated story.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not the case.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a tiny amount.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is an emergency.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the social dialogue unit of his Department. [32549/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On Thursday the Dáil debated the report produced by the Committee on Budgetary Oversight on the section 481 film tax credit and issues in the film industry. This was the second committee in a number of years to recommend there would be a stakeholder forum to address very serious issues that echo in a very serious way the things that have happened recently in RTÉ. There are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail the salaries of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [34007/23]

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is disappointing that the Minister has to go-----

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----because this is our last chance before quite a long break to appeal to the Government to step up its game and to respond to a housing and homelessness emergency that is continuing to get worse. I hope the officials and the Minister of State will listen although, realistically, I do not expect them to admit that their policies are failing or to take on board the full package of...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise for being late. I was outside the gates of Leinster House at a protest on the cost of living. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this important motion. I am very grateful to grassroots football for the role it played in my life, instilling certain discipline, experience and education about the importance of working together with others, team discipline,...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We need to invest.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Teo is 13 years of age. He is on the severe end of the autism spectrum and is in residential care. If he does not get a school place this September, it will be his third year out of school, which is shameful. He is being told there are no school places with the supports and resources that are necessary for him available and that the only option for him is home tuition. His parents want...