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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: NewERA has stated that information provided by RTÉ to it did not give rise to any concerns. If NewERA was not given cause for any concerns, it could not, in effect, report on that to the Department. That is the bit that sets off alarm bells for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Okay. As a result of the issues arising, I understand the contract with one of the appointed suppliers was terminated. This led to a settlement agreement that is subject to a confidentiality clause, which I respect. Are such clauses still in use today? I do not understand the rationale for paying a supplier for not doing the job it was hired to do. Is RTÉ defending that these clauses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: On the writedown, it is fair to say that anybody who worked in the private sector, if they had overseen such a significant loss of money - I call it significant although the director general called it unfortunate - would receive sanctions of some sort. Has anybody in RTÉ received any sanctions? What corrective and preventative actions have been put in place to ensure that no further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: They did not receive sanctions. They left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: On a different note, do the witnesses feel that RTÉ can continue to operate within its current traditional revenue stream considering the fluctuation of people paying the licence fee or does RTÉ need to look at a change to Exchequer funding, as proposed by this committee in the previous Dáil term and recommended by the Future of Media Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I am asking what the witnesses feel.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied). [27083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the bed capacity on the ground floor east of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, prior to renovation works carried out in 2022; the current capacity of the ground floor east; the number of beds the renovation works on ground floor east planned to deliver; the cost of this project; the value-for-money assessments or reports that may have...

Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachtaí who contributed. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their responses. While I appreciate everything we received from the Minister and Minister of State this evening, there is a simple thing being lost with regard to the Bill that has been presented. The Bill simply puts RTÉ accounts under the oversight of the Comptroller and...

Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I hope the Minister will withdraw his amendment killing this Bill and support it as it stands. We ask those on the Government benches to also support this Bill as it would do what all parties agree needs to be done and bring RTÉ under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I have read the media reports that the media...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to liaise with Louth/Meath ETB to increase the number of apprenticeship courses taught by LMETB in Louth and to locate apprenticeship training courses in Drogheda/south Louth, given the huge need for people qualified in trades and to make apprenticeships geographically accessible to a wider pool of people; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: The Government never built any.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I commence tonight by mentioning and paying tribute to 14-year-old disability rights campaigner Cara Darmody, who began her 50 hour sleep-out protest outside Leinster House this morning. She is here to battle for her two brothers who have autism and profound intellectual disabilities and for the thousands more children like them whom this Government is failing. Despite its denials, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I will take a moment to mention Kyran Durnin who should be celebrating his ninth birthday with his family and loved ones today but who instead is subject to a major Garda investigation to try to determine his whereabouts and whether he is even still alive. I know Kyran's family is holding a candlelit vigil in Drogheda this evening. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. There is a need...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I echo my colleague's sentiments on Horse Racing Ireland. I read through the note, which is quite detailed, but the more the detail goes on, it poses more questions. Is the historic loan of €1.6 million included in the grant funding of €12.5 million earlier or is that separate?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Despite the historic €1.6 million loan, why in 2020 did it go further with the €9 million? There are a lot of grey areas in that, particularly with the stringent criteria that is around the €1.6 million in respect of key timelines and criteria for repayments. It goes as far as to set out what might happen if the repayments are not met by the end of 2026, going into the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: There are questions that still need to be asked here of Sport Ireland despite a note accounting for a change in accounting policy and the ring-fencing of grant aid. The underutilisation of €4 million in 2022 and the further underutilisation of nearly €6 million in 2023 involve staggering amounts of money that could have been, and probably should have been, fed down the chain to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (15 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of local community safety partnerships in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24264/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his appointment. I am a Sinn Féin TD for Louth, based in Drogheda, which is the largest town in the county and will be the next city of the country. I am delighted to be on this committee. I come to it with various levels of experience. I sat on the board of the Droichead Arts Centre in Drogheda for a number of years and, as I have three degrees in...