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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. Let me be clear that my interest and that of others involved in campaigns over the year is not only in conservation and admiring a relic of the past but in having a living building for the present and the future. I hear what the Department is saying with regard to the possibility of a different economic analysis. To be frank, it feels a bit...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: The Labour Party will always be supportive of any measures to try to bring greater accountability and transparency to An Garda Síochána. While I see that there are initiatives in this Bill to try to improve the internal controls and internal governance within An Garda Síochána, it reads like this is at the expense of the external oversight. In particular, we have very...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister and her officials for attending. I want to pick up on that issue of the financing of RTÉ. I am sure the Minister has seen the poll over the weekend in The Irish Timesin which some 40% of individuals or households indicated that they are reluctant to or will not pay the licence fee. There have been statements from the Government on pausing reform or the decision on...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: We all accept that the work of those review groups is vital. It is the period that we have to wait that is the difficulty, given the message it sends out to the public. If the Government is not prepared to fully make good the deficit in RTÉ this year, then that is having an impact on people's views. I take on board what the Minister said about the €16 million for this year,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: In terms of the measures introduced by the director general, DG, in September, I read that the Minister has said she welcomes them. The vast majority of RTÉ staff would say they are working their damnedest, day in, day out, that a number of people are working in parts of RTÉ that are under-resourced and that there is a shortage of regional correspondents and other staff shortages....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Does the Minister accept there is a fear that we might see a contraction of the range of services provided or the content generated by RTÉ?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: My next question is in regard to the Minister's Department and its relationship with RTÉ. Last year and the year before, additional funding was sought by RTÉ on top of the licence fee. What sort of due diligence or process is undertaken by the Department? Obviously, the commission makes a recommendation but I presume the Department also undertakes some sort of due diligence....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I can accept that the commission makes a recommendation but, from the Department's perspective, what kind of internal mechanisms are there in terms of reviewing the recommendation of the commission? Is that just taken blindly or is there a process within the Department that assesses the recommendation?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Taoiseach for coming to the Chamber. We are just two weeks away from budget 2024. The State is now in a position that every other Government in the history of the State could only dream. It has surpluses that are the envy of other EU member states. Even when corporation tax revenues are excluded, the public finances are expected to generate surpluses in the coming years....

Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber for this debate. I pay particular tribute to Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, who has shown incredible leadership in the Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus in looking at a number of issues. In particular, I pay tribute to the Senator and the others involved in the caucus for organising a day of conversations with many groups. It is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Hundreds of early years providers and their staff are protesting outside today, and there are thousands more across the country who did not want to close their doors and others who did not believe they should have to close their doors, all of whom who are extremely frustrated with the situation in the early years sector. Early years workers and providers are telling us they are fed up with...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the members of the board and the executive for attending the meeting and preparing all the documents that we received yesterday. Mr. Bakhurst has to grapple with the past and plan for the future. Has he had any co-operation from Dee Forbes or Jim Jennings in the course of his work since he took up his role?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Since the-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I do not want to intrude on any of that. To be clear, does Mr. Bakhurst still have questions that he needs answered by him in order to-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. I want to ask about the Resolve report. A huge feature of everything that has been spoken about involves changing the culture and building trust. The report was produced in March 2020. It referred to serious issues in current affairs, women not feeling valued and respected, staff feeling defeated, women not getting the same opportunities as men and a lack of transparency with regard...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Ms Cusack might give us more detail. I understand there have been no meetings with the trade union group or formal engagement on foot of the report. Obviously, RTÉ resisted at every opportunity the publication of the report. It was only the Information Commissioner who ended up publishing the report. Could Ms Cusack set out in more detail how that has been implemented and then I will...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I do not mean to rush Ms Cusack. There are three recommendations. Will she talk me through how they have been implemented please?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Will Mr. Bakhurst tell the committee what is the one recommendation that has been implemented?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: That is okay. Can I be clear? Have staff appointments been made without open competition since RTÉ received the report in March 2022? I am conscious that Mr. Bakhurst is only in the door. Will Ms Cusack answer that question?