Results 7,121-7,140 of 10,843 for speaker:Matt Carthy
- 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) Matt Carthy: Could former contractors who may have been incorrectly identified as self-employed be entitled to redundancy payments retrospectively?
- 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) Matt Carthy: On the broader financial framework, am I correct that Ms Forbes is satisfied no further payments will accrue to Revenue, and that element of the investigation is completed? Is it possible that a further settlement will have to be made with Revenue at some point in the future?
- 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) Matt Carthy: To clarify, further payments to Revenue are possible, payments to the Department of Social Protection are likely, and payments to individuals concerned are probable. Therefore, there is potentially quite an amount of expenditure yet to be determined and paid. I want clarification on the financial planning framework for that at a time RTÉ is seeking additional funding from the State,...
- 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) Matt Carthy: I have three short questions. The first refers to note 18 of the 2020 financial statements, and this relates to our previous conversation. Other payroll-related accruals are up from €7 million in 2019 to over €15 million in 2020. That is a substantial increase. The footnote states that other employee-related accruals consist of employee benefits such as employee remuneration...
- 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) Matt Carthy: I take it from the response that the increase is not related to the issue regarding the negotiations with the Revenue Commissioners and the Department-----
- 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) Matt Carthy: Perhaps Mr. Collins might provide us with a paper on that expenditure to allow us to elaborate on it further. I have a question for Ms Forbes about the high earners. We know that RTÉ publishes the ten high earners annually. They are usually household names. When is it intended to publish those figures pertaining to 2021? Considering the discussion we have had about RTÉ's...
- 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) Matt Carthy: Why does it take two years to publish what is paid?
- 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) Matt Carthy: Of the top ten individuals, how many of those would have seen decreases in their payments in 2021 vis-à-vis2020?
- 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) Matt Carthy: I am talking about 2021. Ms Forbes is saying it will be 2023 before we will be able to see those figures.
- 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) Matt Carthy: That reduction could be accounted for through individuals retiring as opposed to current high earners seeing a significant reduction in the payments made to them.
- 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) Matt Carthy: The old Radio Centre is still being used. Doe RTÉ intend to keep that building operational? I have a particular interest in the orchestra studio as it is the only recording studio of that type in the country. Will RTÉ ensure that it will remain operational into the future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: I concur and it is not acceptable that the Department is essentially refusing to provide information on the basis that this is going to the board of the paediatric hospital. Of course, we will get the information from whatever source we can but we must be confident there will be robust oversight by the lead Department. On a number of occasions we have discussed the huge increases in costs...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: I have a broader point I want to raise.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: We can deal with the questions in a substantive manner then. My point relates to the figures we have seen on the targets for electrification of passenger cars. Obviously, there is a broader debate about our climate action obligations and that is all well and good, but the Committee of Public Accounts will have to have a view over a period, including with a review of this in the form of a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: The figures outlined in the documentation suggest that, between now and 2025, the total number of new electric vehicles will increase to 170,000. From 2025 to 2030, the figure will increase to 845,000 vehicles, or an average of 134,000 per year in those five years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: The point I was making is a broader one. The committee might carry out long-term work on the value-for-money aspect of the State or Exchequer subsidising somebody who, perhaps, has access to public transport to purchase a brand new car while people in other parts of the country cannot afford a brand new car and have no access to public transport. They are, essentially, paying towards those...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: I agree with everything that has been said. I believe the dispute is incredibly serious. Of course, any group of workers can take a stand when required, but essentially we have an indication from GSOC that senior gardaí are refusing to engage with it on alleged breaches of discipline within the force. I concur entirely with Deputy Murphy that this would put a serious question over how...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: No, I am happy to leave it until next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: Many of the questions that arise can be dealt with during our future engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. There is clearly a policy issue here. We can see that some counties are being particularly badly served in terms of foreign direct investment, FDI. My home county of Monaghan, across 2019 and 2020, saw the creation of an additional ten jobs through FDI,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)
Matt Carthy: On a future date, we might also include the IDA.