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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious of time. I refer to revenue projection. Obviously, the IRFU is seeing revenue expanding and relies on broadcasting for about 20% to 25% of its income. In five years’ time, what proportion of IRFU’s revenue does Mr. Power expect to be coming from the broadcast or digital space?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I ask the GAA and the FAI to answer.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: From a Government policy point of view, the witnesses will be aware that there are certain sports and games that are protected and must be broadcast free to air. Ms. O’Connor may wish to come in on this. Are there sports or games that should not be on that list or are there any that should be added? I ask Ms O’Connor to answer first, followed by the NGBs.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the witnesses for attending and for the work they do. Tá fáilte romhaibh. Mr. Purcell referred to the new media fund that has been established. Is the IBI suggesting that we should set up a separate sports fund, separate from the media fund?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: We are looking at the future of sports broadcasting which fits into an increasingly diverse landscape. I am now as likely to watch a game or follow something on my phone as on television, although I would not do so during a committee meeting. We are going to see big changes. We are going to see new players and digital players, apart from the witnesses' organisations. How do the witnesses...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank our witnesses. I am very conscious that Mr. Bakhurst is only eight weeks into the job and is appearing before Oireachtas committees to answer questions. I am almost tempted to ask him if he regrets going for the job, if he knew then what he knows now. He does not have to answer 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)

Malcolm Byrne: Given the crisis of confidence that is there - and Mr. Bakhurst's battle is to restore confidence - both in his approach to date and the approach of the chair in recent months to try to restore confidence, I am quite happy that they are making the best efforts. They are dealing with a lot of legacy issues, and they do need to be dealt with, but the approach that has been taken by Mr....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Obviously, due process is to be followed but on the basis of the findings of those reports, can we be confident there will be accountability?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank Mr. Bakhurst. I have a number of specific questions around some of the issues. Mr. Fives might be able to respond. The Grant Thornton report, which kickstarted all of this process, determined that there were a number of under-declarations, that those under-declarations were not made on the part of Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly and that the RTÉ board was correct in its actions as...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: One of the issues we sought to address related to the 100 highest salaries. I appreciate this information could not be published for GDPR reasons. However, it is perhaps appropriate, particularly if people are being put on a scale, that there be transparency around those salary levels and scales. When Mr. Bakhurst was on "Prime Time" on 16 August, he indicated what Ryan Tubridy was 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)

Malcolm Byrne: When Ms Mullooly says "a number", roughly-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Out of 100, are we talking a handful?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: 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)

Malcolm Byrne: It will help that we see the scales published. I appreciate some of the issues.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Perhaps Ms Cusack might be able to advise on the changing cultural in governance. One of the issues has been the Resolve report into the culture at RTÉ current affairs where a number of recommendations have been made. Has that been implemented and are the recommendations being acted on?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I come then to the broader funding question which still remains critical because we need to address many of the historic issues. First of all, I want to raise the question of the independent production sector which relies heavily on it. When we talk about the quality drama, in particular, coming out of RTÉ, much of that is with the independent production sector. There are naturally...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: We are moving to a situation whereby there is a reality in terms of a bailout that will be required of Government this year. Is Mr. Bakhurst prepared to indicate what he sees as the minimum in order to be able to keep the show on the road or what are the implications if that is not granted? What will the implications be, and we can have the short-term sticking plaster, for next year if 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)

Malcolm Byrne: When Ms Ní Raghallaigh mentions "enough runway", what is the estimated runway that RTÉ believes it requires until the end of the year?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: Would it be fair to say the following about the quantum? We are looking at the €34 million that RTÉ has been chatting with NewERA about, plus whatever the deficit is in the licence fee income. We are looking at €34 million plus €21 million, which are the current projections, so it is €55 million in total.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Malcolm Byrne: I appreciate that.