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- Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I also thank Deputies Farrell and Ó Broin for their work on this legislation. It is an important step forward to protect both students and homeowners. We do not want to discourage people from renting out a room but we feel the generous amounts in tax subsidies allowed should come with a requirement to protect those renting out their rooms. However, the overall issue of student...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Bakhurst for his statement. The first thing I want to do is to express my condolences to all the staff in RTÉ on the passing of the late Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Tommie Gorman. I acknowledge the major and unique contribution they made to public broadcasting in this country. This is the first time we have been here since they passed away. I was at Tommie...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Was it Mr. Bakhurst's expectation that this would happen? It certainly was my expectation that this would have been done before the Dáil rose for the summer.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Well, as Mr. Bakhurst said regarding the 14% decrease in the licence fee revenue, the sooner the sustainable funding model is done, the better. Going hand-in-hand with this development, though, is the fact that RTÉ will be coming under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Does Mr. Bakhurst have any fears or concerns about this happening?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Bakhurst would welcome oversight from the Comptroller and Auditor General to build public trust.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Bakhurst cannot see any problem there with the dual mandate in respect of having the audit for the commercial activity-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: RTÉ has not been asked about this aspect yet.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. That is surprising because this goes hand-in-hand with the undertaking. We produced legislation several months ago to allow this to happen. It is crucial it happens to build public trust.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Right. I just think it is very important that this is done. Earlier, Mr. Bakhurst spoke about staff feeding their views back to him and the new channels in place in this regard. Was there a commonality in the feedback coming from the staff? What are the three biggest concerns staff have?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Generally, in terms of concerns they have or issues they are bringing to Mr. Bakhurst. I refer to the three biggest problems the staff have and how Mr. Bakhurst will address them.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Some of the RTÉ staff have reported heavy-handed treatment by RTÉ's lawyers, which has caused severe stress. Were workers being treated like that? That is the information coming back to us.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Bakhurst would not preside over a situation where RTÉ lawyers would be heavy-handed with staff.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I am running out of time and have a couple of questions to ask. Are there any changes regarding expenses? Can RTÉ staff still claim unvouched expenses?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: They can still claim unvouched-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is that going to change?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: The strategy mentions a review of the Irish language services. What does that mean and what is the timeline for that?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Is there pay equity across those who are producing Irish language programmes with-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: That is going to be resolved.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I will finish up by referring to Wild Atlantic Studios, which Deputy Ring also mentioned. I do not know if Mr. Bakhurst is familiar with it. It is in the gteic hub in Belmullet. It is a broadcasting studio and a film and television production company. It works with partners in Germany and throughout the EU. That would be a really good partnership that perhaps Mr. Bakhurst might look at...