Results 701-720 of 1,959 for speaker:Micheál Carrigy
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Has RTÉ had a valuation done on it? A colleague of mine asked that question a number of months ago.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Some 8.6 acres were sold in 2017 for €107 million. Based on that, that site is worth about €500 million in today's terms.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: I do not think land values have gone down. They have actually increased since 2017.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: That is going by the market. Would Mr. Bakhurst consider again cutting the 10% cuts that were restored? The public are not happy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Some of the executive board. It was restored in the last couple of weeks and the Minister was not informed of it.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: I have a straight question for Ms Ní Raghallaigh. Is she the right person to continue as chair? Earlier in the summer, we found out in this room that the Minister was not notified that Ms Ní Raghallaigh had asked Dee Forbes to resign. We found out in recent times that the Minister was not informed of those pay restorations either. The Minister, in her role, is the lead person on...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: We need answers.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: No, because we still do not have answers. In the past number of months, we have had numerous meetings in numerous committees and it still seems like we are pulling teeth to get answers. We are paying a large amount of for reports but we are still not getting the full answer. If we do not get the full answers, the trust of the public, which is not there at the minute, will continue as it...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Regarding the issue of still shots, I forgot to mention that we took any amount of them at the beginning of the meeting at low cost. RTÉ needs to seriously re-look at that arrangement-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: -----which has been put in place. My understanding is the statutory borrowing limit is €85 million. How close is RTÉ to that now?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Was it in or around €60 million?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Ms Ní Raghallaigh mentioned something regarding Mr. Collins. What is his status at present?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: His employment.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Legal documentation in respect of Ryan Tubridy was mentioned. Has any legal documentation come from him or his agent regarding this current situation?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Can Ms Mullooly tell us what that is in reference 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)
Micheál Carrigy: Can we expect further-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: I assume by that he is taking legal action against RTÉ.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: On public service broadcasting, I recently read that a programme will be broadcast involving someone from Boyzone going to Türkiye to explore Ireland's relationship with teeth or something like that. I do not think that is value for money. We need to look at some of the content we are paying for. I ask for that point to be put across in respect of programmes coming up shortly....
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: Who-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Micheál Carrigy: I-----