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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (3 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if alternative funding is available for an artist in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a treatment benefit application for hearing aids by a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28390/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2023 BPS, ANC and ECO scheme payments to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed given the significant reduction in their payments in comparison to payments for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28606/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: There is no one to blame.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: He does not see that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: In this case, four wheels fell off the car.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: We were never told about that previously.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I will not need that amount of time at all. I wish to further probe something I asked earlier on the contra account. Could the witnesses explain to me how it works and what ticket purchasing is going on using the contra account?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: In appendix A, there is a reference to tickets.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: How does it differ from the barter account?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: It is very similar to the barter account except that-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: -----there is more oversight. It is a similar mechanism.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: How much would RTÉ expect to go through the contra account in a full financial year?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Is it six or seven figures?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I appreciate that. How much in agency credit would be cashed out in a full year? I refer to the barter account.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: €730,000 or €740,000 that is cashed out. That is reduced then by 35-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: That is the 65% representation. That is over €1 million to start with in agency credit that is written down.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I have done the sums and I have worked out that when RTÉ is cashing it out, it is losing about 54% in purchasing power. I sat here and held up the list. I had many places highlighted, but no one was arguing that with the barter account, not everything there was surplus to requirements. There were certain things that were useful and would be used in the ordinary day-to-day running. I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I am trying to establish the facts to ensure the licence payer and the taxpayer is getting the best value for money here. I want to ensure that RTÉ is not overcorrecting following the outrage. That is all I am trying to establish here.