Results 7,081-7,100 of 7,961 for speaker:Imelda Munster

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: But someone in finance would know whether that membership was cancelled.

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: Who would know about whether that was cancelled?

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: But the membership would still cost, would it not?

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 know no new payments have been made, but does RTÉ still have the membership? Is it still retained or-----

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 am pointing all these things out to the witnesses just to highlight the level that did not exist when it comes to corporate governance. That is-----

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: Mr. Bakhurst has a hell of a job to root that out-----

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: -----and I wish you well with 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: Good.

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 asked earlier for a breakdown of the allowances, particularly those in the personal category. I know Mr. Bakhurst said that some of them - possibly a percentage of them - are covered by a report. Could the committee get a breakdown of all of those who are in receipt of multiple allowances? I am not looking for names, obviously, but for the amount per individual in receipt of multiple...

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: Could the committee be provided with that fairly soon? The scandal of bogus self-employment must be tackled. It is a major issue. I do not have enough time to go into it here but it will be raised at the Committee of Public Accounts. Could the committee have as much information as possible? Having gone back and forth with the information that has been furnished, I do not think we have...

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 is perfect. I thank Mr. Bakhurst. I will raise something again about GAAGO. I raised this at our media committee meeting in July. RTÉ's group head of sport was present at that meeting. I am raising this to flag the issue. We talk about transparency and not getting direct responses to direct questions. I posed a question about RTÉ putting domestic games behind a...

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 asked whether RTÉ was doing this without clearance from the CCPC. The first response from the group head of sport was "No." However, I knew RTÉ was, so I posed the question again. The response then was, "My understanding is that clearance has not been formalised with regard to the CCPC", so I tried again. The third time, I said that it would be simple enough to say "Yes". The...

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: The CCPC has said that it had been investigating this issue since the previous May.

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: Will RTÉ provide an update on what the CCPC actually said, regardless of whether there is an investigation or whether the CCPC is following up on questions?

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: Yes, please. I thank Mr. Bakhurst.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: The Obelisk Bridge at Oldbridge in Drogheda has been closed since August for restoration, and will be closed until May 2024. It was closed without any sort of traffic management plan, and has caused traffic chaos. It was the only crossing for people living in the immediate vicinity to get from the north to the south side of Drogheda. As a result of that, people are now forced to use the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (27 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the report of the Commission on the Future of Media, which identified the taxpayer contribution to public service media in 2020 as being €106 million, comprised of funding for free TV licences under the household benefits package worth €69.8 million and direct funding to TG4 worth €37.2 million, if...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (27 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: 86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the report of the Commission on the Future of Media, which identified the funding contributed by TV licence payers to public service media as being €143.8 million in 2020, if she will provide the equivalent figure in 2022 and the projected figure for 2023. [41875/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (27 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: 87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide, in tabular form, the monthly or, if available, weekly amount of funding for public service media provided by TV licence payers in 2022; and the equivalent projected figures for 2023. [41876/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (27 Sep 2023)

Imelda Munster: 88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in relation to Table 5-2 in the report of the Commission on the Future of Media, which sets out recommended public funding levels for 2022 and 2023, she will provide a table with the same line items, setting out the actual provisions in 2022 and the estimates and projected figures for 2023. [41877/23]