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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it being developed or is it in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I suspect, since we are not entirely sure how much of the licence fee is going towards employees more generally, that it would be difficult to outline how much of the licence fee goes specifically towards programmes that are in the category of public interest or within the remit of RTÉ's public responsibility. Is it fair to say that it is hard to identify that within the licence fee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am mindful that I will run out of time in about five minutes so I ask the witnesses to keep the responses relatively short.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Within each strand of a network, is it possible to identify particular programmes, such as news programmes, that satisfy the remit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: For example, “Operation Transformation” would still be considered part of that public money and be publicly funded.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that the way RTÉ intends to work going forward?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I take that point and maybe this is a broader question but if we are providing State and taxpayer funding to our national broadcaster on the basis that it will provide programmes in the national interest-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: -----are we also asking for information on programming provided that is not in the national interest?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I might reframe the question a little. Last year, a number of organisations that concern themselves with eating disorders and health issues made the point that programmes such as "Operation Transformation" are damaging. For an organisation that has a public mandate and is explicitly mandated to operate in the public interest, where is the test of how RTÉ is doing that and who decides...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: When undertaking a programme such as that, does RTÉ have standards or is there a group to which it reaches out to review whether it is on the right end of the argument?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Will Ms Forbes clarify what she means by "independent research"? Who undertook that?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on a national policy on flooding which was to have regard to climate change and was committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Programme for Government (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures to be undertaken by his Department in 2022 to progress the Programme for Government commitment to a well-being framework; if Budget 2023 will be in compliance with this commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the National Gender Service in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and 2021 respectively; and the number of persons currently on a waiting list to access their services. [2795/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the HSE National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and 2021 respectively; and the number of persons currently on a waiting list to access the programme. [2796/22]

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the debate around this issue and the statements of our Ministers on the changes in direction that may be undertaken as regards gender-based violence in 2022. It was important to include an audit of Department actions on this issue in the programme for Government. I know how seriously the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a question around the changes to the LPT we saw in 2021. It has been stated by the Minister for Finance that there will be no change to the Exchequer as a result of the post-2013 houses coming on stream and the new scheme in general. Would it be possible for the Taoiseach to confirm whether that means the extra money will be retained for self-funding by local authorities? I am aware...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken by his Department to address emissions from the domestic burning of wood in open fires or in stoves; his plans to bring forward legislation on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports, grant funding and other opportunities available to persons in specific non-domestic settings, such as schools, community buildings and farm settings, to invest in rooftop solar power generation and to benefit from the announced feed-in tariffs schemes in addition to SEAI grants for those generating up to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 417. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); her views on same; the work undertaken by her Department in relation to promoting Irish artists on domestic commercial radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63056/21]