Results 261-280 of 1,262 for speaker:Garret Ahearn
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: RTÉ can be desperate but it still has to do it properly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I have only 20 seconds left. Would the CFO consider the way the write-down was documented in the annual accounts best practice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Was it how the CFO would do it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: It certainly is not the way the CFO would do it, I suspect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: The director general said that filming was continuing for the advertisement that he is very willing to talk about and clarify. Has filming happened this week?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Where?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Roughly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: How many would normally be in Brussels if Tony Connelly was reporting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: But five or six people are there this week. How much did that cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: What is the requirement for six?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: What are the requirements for six people? This is a reflection of the day-to-day life of RTÉ people whereas there are always only two in Brussels, namely, a cameraman and Tony Connelly. Why are there six?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Which is with two.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: You are the director of news, are you not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Do you know how many went? Just for clarity, how many went to Brussels?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: We have heard five, four and three.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Mr. Bakhurst has spent six years in senior roles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: In her contribution about the advertisement, Ms McCarthy said that RTÉ is paying actors that are blurred out. RTÉ is essentially paying actors not to act. Is RTÉ paying for any external directors? There are lots of directors within the organisation. Is the advertisement directed by an in-house director or by an external director?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: There are loads of directors in RTÉ. Are the directors that are being employed to do this advertisement internal or external?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Does no one here know?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Is it someone external?