Results 7,961-7,980 of 10,454 for speaker:Niamh Smyth
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I am mindful that I said we would have a five-minute sos to give everyone an opportunity to get a mouthful of water or whatever else is required. Would it be okay to do this now? Does Deputy Dillon mind if we take our five minutes now and give everybody an opportunity to leave the room, go to the ladies or do whatever they need to? No. We will resume at 3.05 p.m.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Dillon has ten minutes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Brady, I have to ask you to conclude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Thank you Deputy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Brady, I have to ask you to conclude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I am moving on now.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Brady, please. I have given you as much latitude as possible.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Thirty seconds left.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I must ask Deputy Griffin to conclude now.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I thank the witnesses for being here. I find some of the answers bizarre to be frank. The clear agenda for today is the secret payments, how they came about, how they were covered up and how this committee and the Government were deceived with regard to those payments. I am mindful of the fact that in the past three years this committee has done a huge amount of work on funding the...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Can anyone present from the executive enlighten us about that contract and that deal?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Has the board sight of the make-up of that deal?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Who of the executive board negotiated the deal with Mr. Kielty?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Has Mr. Collins made the board or just the chair of the board aware of what the deal is?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Is the chair satisfied with the deal?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: It was touched on earlier. When will that deal be made public? It is in the public interest for the future of "The Late Late Show" as an entity to know what that deal comprises of. When will it be made public? Mr. Lynch is the interim deputy director general.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I am sure RTÉ can have a conversation with the other party tomorrow. How soon can RTÉ make this committee and the public aware of what that deal comprises of? I heard Mr. Kielty's response yesterday. He is not here to answer, but it was far from satisfactory. I am asking the witnesses as the people who negotiated that deal, when will they make this committee aware, assuming that...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: How soon will it meet?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: All going well, there is no reason this committee cannot be fully informed about this as early as Friday evening or Monday morning at the latest. Is that a fair assumption?