Results 41-60 of 153 for speaker:Evanne Ní Chuilinn

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Will there be? We talk about wanting to be fair. I know RTÉ has spoken to staff members about wanting to have a fair conclusion to this process. Does Ms Cusack think it is fair for RTÉ not to pay PRSI and then also pocket the pensions, maternity leave, sick leave and annual leave of people, some of whom are approaching retirement, for years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: There were lots of people who were not in that scenario and were just doing an honest day's work. There are people approaching retirement next year with 40 years of normal work but they do not have that. I will come back to it later on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Is Mr. Coady familiar with the Karshan ruling of the Supreme Court of 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: So he knows that people cannot be self-employed for tax purposes and employed for PRSI purposes. That was the outcome of the Karshan ruling. Surely RTÉ's stance on this is not tenable, with one way for PRSI and one way for tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I do not appreciate the smirk. I know it is not black and white.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Ms Cusack mentioned the Eversheds report, which involved 90 people in a snapshot of a few years and of a few people. They have had a settlement, which fell far short of what they were owed over the years. If there was acceptance there was a settlement there, should there not be a settlement for the people who were not in the Eversheds report and who have not got anything in retribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I do not think Ms Cusack is answering the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Did RTÉ allow people who were misclassified to use the voluntary exit programme calculator from the date from which they were deemed to be employees? If such people were applying for the voluntary exit package, were they allowed to use the date from which they were deemed to be employees, even if they were misclassified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I am referring to the people that RTÉ had to back-pay PRSI for. For example, someone was working in RTÉ from 2012 to 2018 but was not deemed to be an employee for those years but then that PRSI was back-paid so the person was deemed an employee from 2012. He or she was misclassified.. If that person wanted to access the voluntary exit package, would he or she be able to use the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Would they be allowed to use all of the dates for which they were deemed to have been employees, if they had been misclassified? I just want to get an idea of whether they were allowed to use them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: They were not. I do not think that is very fair. Mr. Coady said he is aware of the Karshan case. Can he commit to engaging with the people whose tax, pensions, leave and benefits need to be rectified? They are not mutually exclusive any more, as the Supreme Court said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: There are an awful lot of people affected. I do not accept that the people on Eversheds were on more money. There are lots of people who were on less money and they really are at the end of their tether now. They have been working and giving their heart and soul to RTÉ and they are due pensions, maternity leave, sick leave and annual leave. I am not talking about the highly paid. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I hope it will continue to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I will start with the Department. The original Bill states that the broadcasting fund will be reconstituted into a platform-neutral media fund. We have seen benefits of multi-annual funding in other sectors. Ms Ryan spoke about building careers and how important it is to have access to multi-annual funding for the people working in the sector. Is the Department receptive to that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Does Mr. Ó Domhnaill want to come in on that or in respect of the fund itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Mr. Ó Domhnaill mentioned podcasts. Newer formats like podcasts will come under the same regulatory framework as traditional ones when the Bill comes through. How is content like that currently regulated? What impact will the reform have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: No worries. Nobody is watching this. Mr. Carson is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The European Commission recently approved a new tax incentive for unscripted programming - section 487. Can Mr. Carson outline RTÉ's plans to approach this? How will RTÉ approach a new incentive to its budgets for commissioning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: That is fine. Without routine compliance checks, there would be no deterrent against the use of public funds without fair contracts. I have a question for Screen Ireland. What is the importance of sections 481 and 487 to the sector and the importance of those tax rebates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Based on the opening statement, the increase in independent commissioning sounds like a timing issue and a timing difficulty. Can Mr. Carson explain that a little bit more? Is it entirely related to the voluntary exit package or is it more complex than that?