Results 881-900 of 1,637 for speaker:Marie Sherlock
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Okay. I want to ask about the Resolve report. A huge feature of everything that has been spoken about involves changing the culture and building trust. The report was produced in March 2020. It referred to serious issues in current affairs, women not feeling valued and respected, staff feeling defeated, women not getting the same opportunities as men and a lack of transparency with regard...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Ms Cusack might give us more detail. I understand there have been no meetings with the trade union group or formal engagement on foot of the report. Obviously, RTÉ resisted at every opportunity the publication of the report. It was only the Information Commissioner who ended up publishing the report. Could Ms Cusack set out in more detail how that has been implemented and then I will...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I do not mean to rush Ms Cusack. There are three recommendations. Will she talk me through how they have been implemented please?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Will Mr. Bakhurst tell the committee what is the one recommendation that has been implemented?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: That is okay. Can I be clear? Have staff appointments been made without open competition since RTÉ received the report in March 2022? I am conscious that Mr. Bakhurst is only in the door. Will Ms Cusack answer that question?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: No, there was one without competition.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: On the bogus self-employment issue RTÉ has, there are 32 appeals, as I think has been documented. We have a situation where RTÉ, a semi-State company, is fighting the decisions made by the Department of Social Protection and every time RTÉ walks into the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, it brings legal counsel with it. How much is this costing? Is it acceptable that...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Two of the appeals have already been unsuccessful. How much is RTÉ spending on those appeals?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Please. The point needs to be made that it is unacceptable.....
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Cusack. With regard to pay - and I know there has been a discussion with regard to the allowances - I heard Ms Cusack speak about how some of the allowances are contractual. Can I just ask about the extra responsibility and the personal allowances? Are they for the most part included in people's contracts or otherwise?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: So is it the case that they are discretionary?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Does Ms Cusack think that lends itself to a lack of transparency? I am thinking in particular of the gender pay gap issue in RTÉ. Going back to the Resolve report, where some female members of staff are not feeling valued or indeed they are not getting the opportunities, does Ms Cusack think that system of allowances is perpetuating that divide between some workers?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: For the record, allowances are obviously important depending on the job, but there is the issue of where they lend themselves to a lack of transparency.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Can I ask about the negotiation with Ryan Tubridy and the contract or deal that was on the table? At the meeting of the remuneration committee on 16 August, there was obviously a discussion about it. One of the members of that committee, Mr. Conor Murphy, suggested that it should go to the board. I have two questions. First, should something like that not have automatically gone to 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)
Marie Sherlock: Indeed. Can I get Mr. Bakhurst's own response to that first?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: That is okay. Can Mr. Murphy give his own thoughts?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Shortt. I have a very last question. I am conscious that we have a number of board members here today who, apart from Mr. Kehoe, have not had an opportunity to have an input. Could each of them briefly set out how serious they believe the financial situation is for RTÉ now? With the benefit of a number of weeks of Mr. Bakhurst's leadership, to what extent do they...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: Deputy Griffin interrupted.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Marie Sherlock: With the greatest respect-----