Results 13,841-13,860 of 15,510 for speaker:Brendan Griffin
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: I raised this with the chair on 19 April. Did it occur-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: On 19 April, the chair confirmed to this committee that the site had not been valued. Is Mr. Bakhurst now saying-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: When did the process that is now under way start?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Was it Mr. Bakhurst himself-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: That is my job.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: If Mr. Bakhurst could but I am trying to elicit answers and I am not really getting them.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: When did the process start? Was it Mr. Bakhurst himself who initiated the process of valuation?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: The Montrose campus.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: I said I would rather buy a round of drinks. I will be renewing my licence fee and I encourage everyone to do 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)
Brendan Griffin: Sorry, but it is not the politicians who are at fault here. You need to own your own mess here.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Do not go throwing this back on this side of the House.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: -----because that attempt is beneath you, I must say.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: The fall-off in the licence fee – the €50 million hole – is RTÉ's doing.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Absolutely.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: It is, but Mr. Shortt can understand why people do not want to pay it. They have no confidence in RTÉ. That is the problem, and it is RTÉ's mess. It still does not get 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)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Shortt is trying to blame someone else.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: I do, too. That is why we are here.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Does Mr. Shortt not understand that the reason people are not renewing their licences is that they have no confidence in RTÉ in respect of where their money is going?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: A charge has been made against me.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Brendan Griffin: I asked previously for, and I was provided with, information on RTÉ employees doing their own podcasts that could be seen as competition with RTÉ. Could the witnesses furnish the committee with details of people who are contracted to RTÉ, that is, top presenters who are not employees but who are contracted and whether that is being reviewed? I asked about it in July and, in...