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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Have there been instances in which RTÉ has done that?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Exceptions have been made.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: On what grounds does RTÉ make exceptions?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: We are specifically on the GAA. Galway and Mayo were pulled out of a bowl in that regard. Is that exceptional?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Why would the Munster championship not be exceptional? Why would Kerry and Tyrone not be exceptional?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Why-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Why can RTÉ not broadcast that game on a Saturday in exceptional circumstances?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: The games were in Croke Park.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Mr. McBennett's role within RTÉ is his audience - the licence fee payer - so how is RTÉ protecting the licence fee payer in this instance?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: But the consequences are that Mr. McBennett is driving profit in respect of the GAA.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: I welcome all of the witnesses. I will start with the GAA. Mr. Ryan is the director general. We have heard a lot about directors general in recent weeks in a different context. Will Mr. Ryan provide some insight into the decision-making process and the individuals who sign off on keeping certain games behind the pay wall and putting other games free-to-air?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: I will start with the decision not to release the salaries of the top 100 earners, given that RTÉ is publicly funded. Will the witnesses elaborate on the specific general data protection regulation, GDPR, constraints RTÉ faces in this regard and how they hinder the transparency the public is demanding through RTÉ's publication of these details?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: What is the difference between this and publishing details of the top ten earners and the salaries of the executive management? Could a middle ground not be found with regard to the top 100 earners allowing these details to be published?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: The public demand transparency on its financial dealings. What I am trying to understand is how RTÉ weighs up the GDPR concerns against the public demand for transparency. Why were they not published?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: RTÉ is a publicly funded company, separate from any private company.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Did you speak to each of the 100 top earners?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: So you took a unilateral decision.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: In what context? We are talking about the current crisis that RTÉ is facing.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: With regard to the interim funding, can Mr. Bakhurst provide an overview of RTÉ's current financial situation?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: How much does that equate to?