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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: My reading when this all began was that the executive board members had a very siloed way of operating. They almost had themselves elevated above the board members. It was very clear to us that the board members were deceived in a lot of cases. They certainly were not being given information and a lot of that was intentional. That is my reading of it, based on the hearings we had. How...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: They are no longer the enemy.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: The interrogation is there now.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Thank you. My next question is for you, Ms Howard. Obviously, you were at some of our hearings when all of this started. Mr. O'Rourke has expressed his view. I appreciate that Ms Howard has been a board member through the last phase of RTÉ, which had a non-relationship. As I mentioned, there was almost an effort to not give the information to disable the board from doing the job for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Perhaps it is not fair of me to ask my question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I am so used to seeing Ms Howard that I feel like she has been a board member for longer. My apologies.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: It is nice to have Mr. Shortt here and I again congratulate him on being appointed to his new role. When he came in here at the very beginning, when the crisis emerged, he struck me as being very angry and he appeared to be somebody who definitely and absolutely felt deceived by the carry-on at an executive level, as opposed to at a board level. Does his new role mean he is no longer a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Can he speak about the new working relationship, and how we must depend on what we hear at committee hearings that there is transparency, and that there is a clear understanding, at an executive level, that they are accountable to the board and that they are giving the information to the board to enable the board to do its work?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Do any of our guests wish to make a closing comment or give an assurance?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: As there are no further questions, that concludes our business with our guests. I thank all our guests for their attendance. We appreciate their willingness to share their thoughts and experience. Again, I wish Mr. O'Rourke the very best of luck in his new and important role. The country depends on him in terms of our public broadcaster because we want to see it grow and have a very...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Great and thank you very much. As Standing Orders provide, this committee has the power to require the chairperson designate of a body or agency, under the aegis of its line Department, to attend before the committee to discuss his or her strategic priorities for the role. Today's meeting will be considered to have discharged that requirement. Is that agreed? Agreed. That concludes...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application and expedite same (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the matter. [25662/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the overrepresentation of females in lower grades within farming bodies and their underrepresentation in senior positions within these same farming bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 58.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how a person (details supplied) can obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 272.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence from Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if she will address the issues highlighted and respond to same. [24728/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 342.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a case (details supplied) and expedite an application with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 378.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review correspondence from Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if he will address the issues highlighted and respond to same. [24729/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Interest Rates (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 415.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline the issue relating to interest rates as addressed in relation to the local authority loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 481.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review/appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 791.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25140/24]