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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: The Minister's staff would have been aware. Her officials were aware of the new terms of reference of the remuneration committee and the process with regard to the approval of exits and they would have informed the Minister of that before the meeting last Monday.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: But the Minister's officials sat in a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts last September and heard Paula Mullooly set out exactly what the changes were. That is correct.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I understood it was September. Perhaps it was October. Regarding the meeting that took place last Monday, who was with the Minister when she asked that specific question about board approval?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Nobody piped up when the chair said what she had to say. Nobody said anything to try to correct or clarify the record at that meeting.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Is there something further to be added?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Surely it says a lot about the culture and the relationship between those attending the meeting that nobody else would clarify what had actually happened with regard to the approval process even if the chair did not remember. This is telling in itself.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: No official at that meeting asked, "We were told the remuneration committee had the new terms of reference as of late last year, why has it not taken effect before now?"

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: With regard to the exit package of Richard Collins, did you ask at any time prior to last Monday about the details of the exit package for him? You knew there was a process, you knew there was mediation. Did you ever ask what the outcome of that process was?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Sorry Minister----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: RTÉ is in receipt of State moneys that your Department is overseeing. Surely the question would have been asked about what the outcome of that process was. Are you telling me that no official in your Department had knowledge as to the outcome of that process?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: You expressed surprise at the sum of Breda O'Keeffe's exit package. Why did you or your officials not ask questions as to what that package was when it became apparent late last year that she had gone out on a voluntary exit package that was not in accordance with the rules of the scheme?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I would like, Minister, and if it is okay, Cathaoirleach, the committee to request all correspondence between officials and RTÉ with regard to all these exit packages. I find it astounding that RTÉ is in receipt of a State bailout and no questions would be asked about the value of these exit packages.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: That the Department would choose not to apprise itself of the value of the packages----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I think there are questions to be asked another day. You talked about a vast number of staff working on RTÉ; what are they doing? Anyway, I have other questions.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I think that to have State money, a bailout, going to RTÉ, and not to ask the very basic questions, for you to be finding out through the media about what people are getting by way of exit packages is frankly astounding. With regard to last Thursday night, you informed the nation that you felt you were misled. Why did you not clarify that Siún Ní Raghallaigh had provided...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: But you said you were misled. You did not offer that a clarification had come that morning to clear up the misleading information you had gotten on Monday and Wednesday.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: No, but she had corrected the information and you did not make that clear. The second question is that you informed the nation through that interview that a meeting was to take place on Friday, yet we learn this evening that Siún Ní Raghallaigh had indicated, according to yourself, that she was not going to attend that meeting. Was the meeting to take place or not? It seemed...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: On the new chair, what kind of working relationship do you intend to have when a new chair is appointed? I think a new chair looking at this would have a concern that if there is a problem, there will be a risk that you would air your grievances on the public airwaves as opposed to dealing with it through a meeting. What relationship do you intend to have? What assurances can you give to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Do you accept that you damaged RTÉ last week and that you have also caused enormous difficulties for those in the independent production sector? I understand from freelance crews that no projects have been approved for March and April. These are people's jobs, their schedules, their productions. Any project over €1 million has to go through the board yet we do not have a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Are you aware that effectively no decisions have been made by the board, or certainly that there are issues within RTÉ regarding approving external commissions? This is having a very serious impact on the independent production sector and there is a stalemate within RTÉ now which is being exacerbated by your actions last Thursday night.