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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Broadcasting Sector (19 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister to provide the most recent update in relation to the two ongoing reviews she has commissioned into governance, culture, contractor fees, human resources and other matters in RTÉ, including timelines and dates for completion.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Broadcasting Sector (19 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: I thank the Minister for the reply. It is good to get that update. I did submit two other questions that were disallowed by the Department relating to inquiries into RTÉ. One of them was about when RTÉ appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts two weeks ago. Serious concern has been raised about RTÉ's refusal to furnish us with the key documents around the setting up...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Broadcasting Sector (19 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: I sincerely hope he does. It is in the interest of RTÉ as much as anyone else's not to frustrate the workings of the committee and not to force us down the legal route of compelling the documents. The other issue I wanted to mention was in the other question that was disallowed. This is about the issue of bogus self-employment in RTÉ and the fact that €1.2 billion has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Broadcasting Sector (19 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: It is in relation to the workers. RTÉ has not set aside any money to compensate workers.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Budgets (19 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a timeline for a detailed breakdown in each of the subheadings, A to E, in the Department’s budget 2024. [45557/23]

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: As we speak, ethnic cleansing of the world's largest open-air prison is happening. That is a war crime. The people of Gaza have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. To add to the torture of knowing that each moment could be their last as bombs rain down upon them, the Israeli blockade now means that Palestinians are left thirsting for water, hungering for food, suffering with no medicines...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the matter regarding increasing the age of school bus drivers from 70 to 75 years when medically certified can be reviewed given the current severe pressure on the school transport system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45513/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: I will start with the McCann Fitzgerald report and the correspondence the committee was furnished with. The severance package schemes date from 2017 to 2021. What amounts are we talking about and what sort of positions, primarily, were the focus?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: How many, sorry?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: That would cover not just voluntary packages but also exit packages-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: In relation to the former chief financial officer, Breda O'Keeffe, and her exit package, this committee was told that it was not approved by the board or even seen by the board. That package would contravene existing RTÉ rules. I am right in saying that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: If an exit package was issued but the position was not redundant, that would contradict RTÉ's existing rules.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: Let us just focus on this one particular case so we can get clarity. The former chief financial officer got an exit package. Her position was not made redundant. The norm is that exit packages are not given unless the position is made redundant. The chief financial officer who resigned yesterday had replaced Ms O'Keeffe, so the position was still there. In that context, did that break...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: Should she or should she not have gotten an exit package, given that the position was still there and someone else was going to be appointed to it?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: That is fair enough and I understand that. The report will go into these issues in detail but if it is a fact that an exit package was given to somebody who did not qualify for it, Mr. Bakhurst does not need a review to tell him that. I am talking about a very recent case involving the former chief financial officer. In order to regain public confidence, when people constantly see that...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: Would the former CEO have been on 80% more than the CFO who resigned yesterday?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: In terms of what you said earlier, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: It is with regard to the 80% cost saving.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: My question is specifically on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Imelda Munster: I want to touch on another issue that has to be resolved if there is ever to be public trust or confidence, not only among the general public and TV licence payers but in particular the workers at RTÉ. I am speaking about those who were misclassified in bogus self-employment. We have been told that money had been set aside. We know that €1.2 million was paid to Revenue for PRSI...