Results 81-100 of 142 for speaker:Evanne Ní Chuilinn
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Does Mr. Ó Domhnaill want to come in on that or in respect of the fund itself?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Mr. Ó Domhnaill mentioned podcasts. Newer formats like podcasts will come under the same regulatory framework as traditional ones when the Bill comes through. How is content like that currently regulated? What impact will the reform have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: No worries. Nobody is watching this. Mr. Carson is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The European Commission recently approved a new tax incentive for unscripted programming - section 487. Can Mr. Carson outline RTÉ's plans to approach this? How will RTÉ approach a new incentive to its budgets for commissioning?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: That is fine. Without routine compliance checks, there would be no deterrent against the use of public funds without fair contracts. I have a question for Screen Ireland. What is the importance of sections 481 and 487 to the sector and the importance of those tax rebates?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Based on the opening statement, the increase in independent commissioning sounds like a timing issue and a timing difficulty. Can Mr. Carson explain that a little bit more? Is it entirely related to the voluntary exit package or is it more complex than that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Has the Department ever audited section 481 claims for compliance with pay parity or contract transparency?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Could Screen Ireland provide a little bit of perspective on the streaming levy? What impacts would a levy like that have on investment in the audiovisual sector in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Is there anymore of a breakdown on the design of the fund? RTÉ and TG4 will be excluded from applying for those funds. What will it look like for other companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: In the interest of transparency and good faith, I must put on record for the committee that I am a former employee of RTÉ. I spent 20 years in the organisation as a staff member but I am asking questions today as a Member of the Oireachtas and member of this committee. I do not gain materially from doing so and am asking all of my questions in good faith. I want to talk about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Therefore, “no further action” is the same thing as “concluded”. What action was taken? Is Ms Cusack talking about the backdated PRSI that was paid to the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Exactly. Does Ms Cusack agree that if the scope section decision was that PRSI had to be back-paid, it meant those concerned were actually misclassified and employees from the date to which PRSI payments had to be backdated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: But if RTÉ had to back pay PRSI, that is basically an admission that they were misclassified in the first place because it had to go back and pay the PRSI.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Is Ms Cusack talking about Eversheds? I am not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I know that. Deputy Gibney asked about how much the appeals have cost. RTÉ will come back to us with that figure. Do the witnesses have an overall figure for the PRSI that was paid back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Were there any penalties for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Regarding the back payment of PRSI, there would be penalties and interest for a normal worker who did not pay PRSI for six or eight years. Did RTÉ have to pay any penalties or interest arising out of the fact that RTÉ did not pay PRSI for these people for years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: Does RTÉ expect to have interest or penalties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The final figure regarding how much it cost is pretty significant, on top of the appeals. Do the witnesses have that figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)
Evanne Ní Chuilinn: The full amount is just to get an idea of the figure. In terms of paying the PRSI back, which the witnesses told us has been done - they have given us the figures - with regard to those who were misclassified and whose PRSI was back paid, what compensation has been given to them? I understand that the PRSI bill was back-paid but those people were denied maternity leave, sick leave, annual...