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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Broadband Infrastructure (6 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ossian Smyth is very welcome to the House, and I thank him for his time this morning.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mortgage Interest Rates (6 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his time today. We appreciate that he is very busy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I pay tribute to Brendan Daly who passed away overnight. He was a former member of Seanad Éireann, and a former Deputy, Cabinet Minister and junior Minister. Brendan served the people of west Clare with distinction in these Houses for more than 30 years and from every position, from Cabinet right down to being a Member of this House on a number of occasions. He will be remembered for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: The witnesses are very welcome. They certainly paint a very stark picture about where we are with dentristy in this country at the moment and oral health in general. In his opening statement, Mr. Hourihan mentioned inappropriate reforms. Could he elaborate on what he means by inappropriate reforms? I understand there are challenges around funding and so on but what would be inappropriate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I fully agree with Mr. Hourihan. I suspected that this was where he was coming from. How broken is the school screening programme? It is my contention, and I am sure Mr. Hourihan, would agree with me that it is critical to screen and identify oral challenges in children at a young age. Are there children who are not being seen through the school screening programme? Are the delays...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: Is this situation reflected throughout the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: The witnesses spoke about the need for 500 more dentists. Is the recruitment problem that dentists simply cannot be found or is it that resources are not being provided to hire them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: Perhaps the committee could make some recommendations about work permits in order to see if that issue can be addressed. With regard to the mentoring programme operated by the Dental Council, I have a situation where a Ukrainian trainee dentist is looking to be mentored by a dentist who has a practice. The process of engaging with the Dental Council on the matter has been completely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I know that, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I will give the details of this case to Mr. Hourihan. Perhaps he would look into it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I am also very conscious that the witnesses have been here for a long time. As I am not a member of the committee, I had to wait until the very end to engage. I will start on a positive note. I was quite impressed with the length, detail and breadth of Ms O'Keeffe's opening statement given that she does not have access to documents, personnel and so on. That is quite refreshing from our...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: There was no other reason; it was just that Ms O'Keeffe wanted to move on. Noel Kelly appears to have become very successful through his engagement on behalf of top talent within RTÉ. From Ms O'Keeffe's recollection, has Noel Kelly Management received any direct payments from RTÉ directly or was it all through representing clients?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: Did any agents other than Noel Kelly represent clients or was he effectively exclusive?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: There has been a lot of talk about the contracts. Regarding the evaluation of these top talent contracts, are there any examples where these contracts were terminated prematurely because of lack of performance? Was there any payback to RTÉ in terms of any of these contracts? In the event that top talent got sick, were their contracts still honoured? Were there any out clauses for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: With respect, there is not a huge number involved. We are talking about perhaps 18 or 20 people. Surely to God Mr. Lynch would know if any such contracts were terminated prematurely?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: Mr. Lynch might come back to the committee on that. What evaluation takes place for the contract performance of these top talent people? What metrics does RTÉ use for evaluating whether they are worth the money and whether they have delivered their side of the bargain when renewing their contracts? While I accept there were negotiations, there does not seem to be any scenario where...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I am conscious of time, but I have one other question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: Yes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: I have one final question. Regarding the barter account or any other account, were any personal loans made available to any members of the senior management executive team or any of the top talent contractors? Were any advance payments made to top talent who found themselves in difficult financial situations where perhaps six months or 12 months of their agreed contract was paid in advance...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Martin Conway: Is Mr. Collins sure? Would he like to double-check and come back to the committee?