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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I will ask Mr. Murphy the same question. How long has he been on the board? Does he concur with what Ms Doherty said and can he point to seismic change in the collective working relationship with the executive?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Murphy. I am glad to hear the cultural change is very much coming through. I ask Dr. Mathews to respond.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Thank you very much.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Were you asked for your opinion or were you more told what was happening?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: You feel that the board is being given all of the information now and is being unable to do the job. My sense is 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)
Niamh Smyth: Okay. That is heartening. May I come back to Mr. Shortt?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Do you feel that, regarding the board, there is a huge cultural shift in terms of the collaborative approach? Do you agree with the assessment of Moya Doherty that you knew nothing and could do nothing and things were all happening in silos? Do you now feel a huge change within the board means the public can have confidence in what is happening now in RTÉ?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I encourage you to say what you want to say. This is your opportunity.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I ask Ms Howard the same question. When she joined the board, what did she feel at that time? Did she feel Ms Doherty accurately reflected how the whole board was feeling and this thing of working in isolation almost? Has Ms Howard seen change?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I wish you the best of luck with your term on the RTÉ board. Ms O'Leary, can I ask you the same question? You have been there quite some time, I assume.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: And he was there for five years. Is that what you said, Ms O'Leary?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: So you have only been two years without him.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Four. I beg your pardon.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: In terms of the audit and risk committee which you sit on, there are a number of subcommittees within RTÉ: the remuneration committee, there is audit and risk, there is strategy, there is audience, and there is digital and technology. Has there been any change in terms of the subcommittees and that lack of opportunity to meet? Has that changed?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: We will come to Mr. Ruane next. How long has he been on the board? Will he describe to us the then and the now?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: The comments of board members, whom I was really anxious to hear from today, so far suggest that there has been a cultural shift. I thank Mr. Ruane. I will come to Mr. Kehoe. How long has he been a member of the board?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: How long has he been deputy chair of the board?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Due to ill health and that kind of thing, Ms Doherty was absent from meetings and so on for some time. Did Mr. Kehoe take the chair at that point?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Did Mr. Kehoe raise any concerns about remuneration or the lack of meetings of the remuneration committee?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Would he do things differently now?