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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy McGrath still has five minutes so maybe he would like to ask a question.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Oh sorry, and the question is for whom? Sorry colleagues, I need to be able to hear the Deputy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy McGrath, Deputy McGrath-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: With respect, I would just say in the Deputy's absence there was some-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I am just saying there has been robust interrogation here and it has not been all soft-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Continue.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Does Deputy McGrath want to leave a little bit of time for a response?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Do any of the other witnesses want to respond?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: It has been said by the clerk that the Deputy has identified some officials and that he needs to withdraw that.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy McGrath has used his time. Deputy Ring is next. He has 12 minutes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I will begin by stating that Deputy Mattie McGrath's comments are his own personal ones, not those of the committee. I want to come to some questions. Ms O'Connor stated that she assisted with Mr. Bakhurst to meet the staff of "Fair City" and "The Late Late Show". I appreciate that plans and strategies involve a settling-in period. I wonder if Ms O'Connor could describe the mood of the...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Transferable.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Mobility between different departments has not been there up to now.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: They would state of the art.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: That brings me on nicely to my next question. We have seen many high-profile presenters exiting 2FM. Can Mr. Bakhurst comment on that? Is there a particular reason for those departures? Can we expect more of them?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: It is new territory, and, I suppose, the waters are choppy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: It is fair to say that the station is going through a transition.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Turning to Ms McCarthy, the head of news and current affairs, I commend the work of Laura Hogan. I am thinking about the Border area and North of Ireland too, where Vincent Kearney does great work reporting and broadcasting. We are particularly interested in the context of elections, etc., but on an ongoing basis too. In terms of the future strategy for RTÉ, and not just in news and...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Good. Moving to the elements and genres within the organisation for culture, children-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Okay. That is all from me. I wish everyone the best of luck. I appreciate that it is and continues to be a challenging time for RTÉ. It is difficult when strategies and plans are being introduced and I think we all have to give these plans a chance to bed in, as they will. Senator Byrne will now take the Chair if I can be excused. Two more of my colleagues have questions for the...