Results 801-820 of 1,107 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for being here. It is undeniable that RTÉ has had significant problems in the past with treatment of employees, issues of pay parity, cultural issues, serious governance issues and the treatment of employees as contractors. This has cost RTÉ and the general public dearly in terms of public trust in an institution we all treasure. I encourage at today's...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I know there is stuff coming down the line but this would be an immediate fix we have identified as something that RTÉ online could do to preserve that integrity now. My question is simply this: will RTÉ pursue that membership of the Press Council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I have a lot of questions. I just wanted to ask that specific question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Please. Going back to my-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I suppose it is speaking back to my opening comments about the public trust, which I believe has been eroded and we need to win back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Does Mr. Coady wish to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Nonetheless, it would provide for public trust. I encourage RTÉ to pursue it. I will skip on to the voluntary redundancy scheme. Regarding suppressing alternative posts and redeploying staff to other roles, how will the rights of those staff staying behind be best protected, particularly in roles between TG4 and RTÉ? I also note there are no trade union representatives on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: There is no trade union representation on that steering group, however.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Specifically to RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, it is extremely welcome to see Irish language journalists and broadcasters come a step closer to pay parity with their English language counterparts. Those toward the top of the old Raidió na Gaeltachta pay scales will now be at the closest point on the RTÉ pay scales to their previous salary. Given the significant disparity - I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: A difference of €16,000 does not sound like parity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: That is because they have taken quite a dip.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: It goes back to the question that it should surely be relevant to their experience rather than moving them along on that band. I would have thought that should factor in. I have one more question regarding bogus self-employment. I note the finding that 60% of cases investigated by the Department of Social Protection were found to be correctly categorised but it is concerning that 22%, so...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: In the statement there is no reference to balance. This is something I would like to make sure we pursue in the committee. Within the transformation RTÉ is facing as a broadcaster, balance should be a question that is asked. I have a couple of specific questions. Why are we hearing the voices of Israeli officials and official lines from the Israel Defense Forces when RTÉ...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Does Mr. Bakhurst agree there is more voice from Israel in RTÉ's coverage of the conflict in Gaza compared to the voices of Russia?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: For example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate that, but RTÉ qualifies, for example, by saying that the Hamas-led health ministry and the figures from it cannot be qualified by independent sources without also saying those independent sources cannot work in a blockade situation. RTÉ never referenced it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: RTÉ does not reference it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: On the IT scandal, has RTÉ done any scoping to see if there are any other IT projects in recent years that have run into similar difficulties regarding systems that were not fit for purpose or resulted in large cost overruns? I asked how much money RTÉ had spent defending bogus self-employment claims and I await the specific figure on that. Meanwhile, does RTÉ have a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: What about the litigation policy on redundancy?
- Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I thank Sinn Féin for introducing this Bill, which aims to empower the Minister for Finance to impose restrictions on securities issued by the State of Israel. Ireland is the home country for Israeli bonds sold in the European Union. It is up to non-EU countries to decide which member state they want to sell their bonds from. The Central Bank can only object if it believes it has no...