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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: How different?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: That would be the free-to-access, obviously.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: On a point of clarification, did Mr. McKenna say the number of free-to-air games is actually far less?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: During the first session, I raised an issue with the commercial director of the GAA. Virgin Media issued a statement to say that it was never approached regarding air time when the Sky contract was terminated. The GAA disputed that and said there were negotiations but there was no agreement. Does Mr. Farrell wish to respond to that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: I just wanted to give Mr. Farrell the opportunity to clarify that. I raised with Tom Ryan and the commercial director of the GAA the matter of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, having first given clearance for GAAGO on the basis that it involved subscriptions for people living outside Ireland - the diaspora. Under the new system, games are being put behind a paywall...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: It has been updated, but the CCPC initially gave clearance on the basis of it being for the diaspora.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: The commercial director of the GAA said that clearance had not been received in respect of the system RTÉ is operating. He said there are negotiations.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: Factually, as it is stands at the minute, RTÉ is operating that system without clearance from the CCPC.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: So RTÉ is operating without clearance. It is easy to say "Yes".

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: But the RTÉ has not got clearance. That is my question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: It is operating without clearance.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: I welcome everybody. I wish to come back on the 10% pay increase for the executive board. To phrase it as best I can in relation to the reaction from the public, it was insult on top of injury. We sat at multiple Oireachtas hearings and committee hearings and not once was it mentioned. Nobody on the board, many of whom were here and are here today again, mentioned it. It was bad enough...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: No, not necessarily. It was the failure of the board itself in giving the information, bearing in mind that RTÉ is constantly looking for extra funding and saying it is in a dire financial state. The board did not even mention the fact, for example, that the former director general went from €306,000 to €316,000. She was hardly waiting on the extra €10,000 but she...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Does Mr. Bakhurst accept that RTÉ has lost the confidence of the public to the tune of €21 million in licence fee renewals by year end? Does he accept RTÉ is on the verge of bankruptcy, could very easily go bust, and is in a perilous financial situation? Yet, when he responded on the matter of the 10% pay increase, he said that to be fair to the executive board, it...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: Is RTÉ in a perilous 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)

Imelda Munster: That was what I said.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: If RTÉ continues in the spiral it is going on and is not restored, bankruptcy could well be a possibility.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: I will move on to a matter referenced in some of the documents we were furnished with. It relates to allowances. More than €4 million was paid in allowances. Some of them are perfectly understandable, including shift and call-out allowances, etc. However, one allowance is under the category "personal". An allowance just short of €500,000 in total was availed of by 46...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: I will come to that, and it is part of it, but this is in relation to the parts of the allowances that are paid people who are on air, and whether they are already being paid for being on air. What are they?