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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The format of the meeting is such that I will invite Ms Forbes or Ms Doherty, whoever is able to be with us at the time, to deliver the opening statement, which is limited to five minutes, and which will be followed by questions from members of the committee. As the witnesses are probably aware, the committee may publish the opening statement on its website following our meeting today. ...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome Ms Doherty and invite her to make her presentation.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Ms Doherty for her very comprehensive and impassioned statement. I will now turn to my colleagues, who have all been furnished with a speaking rota. Deputy Griffin is not present but we can come back to him if he gets an opportunity to join us. I call Deputy Munster. She has ten minutes for questions and answers.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I remind Deputy Munster to be fair. The three matters laid out were the public service statement, the Irish language services and the correspondence of 26 May. The Deputy only has two minutes remaining and I am sure she has more questions on that theme. I ask her to stick with the theme.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy may proceed. I am just reminding her of the position.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: That line of questioning is not on the invitation.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I will stop Ms Doherty there because we have gone way over time. Has the Senator concluded his questions?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy has made his point very well. It is a fair point. I call Senator Hoey, who has ten minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: May I interrupt the Senator? She is straying away from the theme of the invitation issued to our guests. They may wish to respond on that issue, however. Does Ms Forbes wish to respond?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: Does the Senator have any other lines of questioning?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The next speaker is Senator Cassells who has ten minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I have been reminded and will remind Deputy McGrath that we have to stick within the confines of the invitation, within which the court case does not fall. Ms Forbes has already answered that question. I ask Deputy McGrath to continue in a different vein.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy's time has expired. The next speaker is Senator Warfield.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise but I have been advised to suspend the meeting to allow Ms Doherty to join the call. I ask colleagues to bear with me while we get this technical problem sorted out.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: I thank Senator Warfield. I apologise to Senator Carrigy for having skipped over him. I will call him next. Before doing so, I have some housekeeping to deal with. We promised to provide a ten-minute comfort break. I had not heard the term "comfort break" until today. I am obliged to be absent for the next session owing to another commitment. If nobody has any objections, I nominate...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: First, I wish to begin by expressing my heartfelt condolences to the family of Ashling Murphy on the tragic passing of their beautiful daughter, who was so full of life and had so much to do in life. There is so much hurt for her family to endure. I wish to express my deepest sympathy to her family, her boyfriend, her friends, her school and her community. Ashling's death has brought...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: The medical board of appeal for primary medical certificates resigned at the beginning of the month. The reason cited for the resignation of the board was a unanimous view that the criteria are too stringent and, in its view, exclude a lot of people who should be entitled to the payment. I want to tell the Taoiseach about Dwayne, who at 14 years of age was diagnosed with two serious...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans for a pandemic bonus for front-line public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (20 Jan 2022)

Niamh Smyth: 104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planned measures to examine the allowing of persons to make complaints for harmful online content directly to the proposed online safety commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2493/22]