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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: No. The board did not know what was going on and the wing of the Department specifically dedicated to RTÉ did not know what was going on and was not concerned about anything.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Would functions of the board have ever been discussed in those meetings, including what the board was doing, whether it was doing its job? Would there have been checks on whether the board was doing everything it was supposed to be doing if the subcommittees of the board were meeting?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: So those questions would have been asked. What would the replies have been? If those questions were asked, and we clearly know now that these things were not happening, did the board mislead the Minister when she had met them?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: This is the very last question. Is the lack of financial auditing expertise, that is, people who speak the language of auditors, on the board of concern to the Minister? Is it something she intends to change? We have seen how when there is not that expertise how it permeates to subcommittees. There is not the appropriate level of scrutiny in those subcommittees. Is this something the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: She does now.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: But overall it is not a massive amount.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Would the Minister be concerned about appointments last year? Take the Larry Bass situation. Would she be concerned about what happened there with the board? Has she asked questions about what happened there and about others on the board who would have had, in the public’s view, serious conflicts of interest, and about that going unchecked?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I raised a case in the Dáil a couple of months ago. An individual came to me who had a difficult time at RTÉ in the 1990s. He felt he had been intimidated and had endured a lot of bullying in the workplace. I am sure that is not the only case. At the time, I expressed the need for a point of contact. This person previously would have contacted former directors general and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has enough sites to complete the Government's modular homes programme; to identify which sites were offered by each local authority; to identify any local authority that did not engage and identify sites; to identify any local authority that offered sites that were already designated under the Housing For All...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 201. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding progressing the N86 Tralee to Dingle Road upgrade and the N22 Farranfore to Lisivigeen (Killarney bypass) projects in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43052/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (5 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need to introduce traffic signals at the junction of the Shanaway Road and N85 just outside of Ennis, as part of an overall solution to improve safety at this location and access for the communities nearby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43051/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the taxes applied to building activity and materials in respect of residential construction to reduce the cost of building a dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the total USC income collected by the State for each year since its introduction; if he will provide a breakdown, per annum, of the rates and amounts collected in each rate category; if he will provide details of the percentage of overall income tax collected that the USC has represented each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43055/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for his advice on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 333. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43233/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position regarding efforts to have a Kerry housing development (details supplied) completed as a turn-key project and allocated as homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (10 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason direct phone contact to local Intreo offices has been withdrawn and replaced with a centralised service; the rationale for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43938/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (10 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend a 2023 Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme grant approval for a fisherman (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43408/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43765/23]