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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Ms Cusack might give us more detail. I understand there have been no meetings with the trade union group or formal engagement on foot of the report. Obviously, RTÉ resisted at every opportunity the publication of the report. It was only the Information Commissioner who ended up publishing the report. Could Ms Cusack set out in more detail how that has been implemented and then I will...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Marie Sherlock: Can I ask about the negotiation with Ryan Tubridy and the contract or deal that was on the table? At the meeting of the remuneration committee on 16 August, there was obviously a discussion about it. One of the members of that committee, Mr. Conor Murphy, suggested that it should go to the board. I have two questions. First, should something like that not have automatically gone to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I raise the issue of apartment defects. Before legislation was to be introduced, we were promised an interim relief scheme in January this year. I met Sam and Odette Doran and others from Park West yesterday. Many on the northside are facing bills of thousands of euro this year and are waiting for this relief scheme we are yet to hear of. Turning to the specific issue I came here to raise...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I move: That Seanad Éireann: recalls that: - the Citizens’ Assembly and Joint Committee on Gender Equality recommended a referendum to replace Article 41.2 of the Constitution obliging the State to take reasonable measures to support care within the home and wider family, and the Government has committed to a referendum on this in November, 2023; - there are over 500,000...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for her reply and thank everyone who contributed, namely Senators Ardagh, Burke, Boyhan, Pauline O'Reilly, Wall, Hoey, Currie and O'Loughlin. I again thank Family Carers Ireland, representatives of which are in the Gallery. Baby Willow was with us for a time and Snowflake, the support group in north County Dublin, was hoping to be here too. We are grateful to the...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. It is important to state we are having these statements today because Senator Black, colleagues in Sinn Féin and others in this House, along with us in the Labour Party, have been calling for this debate.It needs to be had, of course, because we are on the back of looking at atrocities that have taken place in Jenin over recent...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Mr. Tubridy and Mr. Kelly very much for appearing before us today. We have a situation where many people out there are very sorely disappointed that we have a much-loved broadcaster embroiled in such controversy, and now, we have the national broadcaster in a deadly serious situation. I thank the witnesses for the paperwork they gave to us today. I want to ask a series of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: He said, "This represents a 41% reduction over the past five years" in an email dated February 2020. When I look at the figures of what Mr. Kelly set out in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and we expect that what was published was actually what Mr. Tubridy was paid in 2015 and 2016, it is approximately €2.5 million. Therefore, if he was to be taking a 41% reduction between the 2015 to 2020...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: The page I am looking at is the final page of the contract. Mr. Kelly is saying the email is all we have with regard to the contract.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Drugs Task Forces (5 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. I am conscious this is my first interaction with her in her role as Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy. My question relates to the north inner city drugs and alcohol task force and I hope that when the Minister of State came into this role, this was one of the first issues brought to her attention....

Seanad: Broadcasting (Restriction of Salaries) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister for coming in. It has been a traumatic three weeks with regard to RTÉ and all the revelations that have emerged. I welcome the Bill put forward by Senator Mullen. It is obviously very timely. Pay caps in RTÉ is an issue that has been pursued by the NUJ and SIPTU for a long time. There is a particular need in this regard when we see the very large gap...

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

Marie Sherlock: ...in particular those who are modestly paid and on insecure contracts. I am conscious this whole experience is taking a toll on everybody, but we are here because we all want a stronger and better RTÉ at the end of this process. My first question is for Mr. Lynch about that letter of guarantee in 2020 to Mr. Tubridy. Mr. Lynch has knowledge of that letter, and then seven months...

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

Marie Sherlock: What is the update on Mr. Tubridy's contract at this point? We have heard he is out of written contract and that there is a verbal contract. Where are things at now?

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

Marie Sherlock: The written contract expired at the end of May.

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

Marie Sherlock: So Mr. Tubridy is in contract at the moment?

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

Marie Sherlock: I thank the witnesses for furnishing the information on the allowances. With regard to the pay of the top 100, I find the column detailing the allowances particularly interesting. We see that, in the main, there are allowances in the order of €24,000 to €42,000, the latter being the allowance for one individual. What are those allowances about? I see that one manager has no...

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

Marie Sherlock: We need to see the breakdown of allowances because the arrangements contrast with the ongoing process involving travel and subsistence rates for the majority of staff, who are just trying to get the Civil Service rates. The figures are akin to what some people are actually earning in RTÉ at this point.

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

Marie Sherlock: Would there be an ask of a top presenter whose programme is effectively sponsored? Other than at the Renault events with Mr. Tubridy-----

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

Marie Sherlock: Has Ryan Tubridy or Noel Kelly asked for the public record to be corrected at any time in terms of his published salary?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I want to follow on from what Senator Ó Donnghaile said about what took place in Jenin overnight. Activities have now been escalated to a new level given the loss of life and the campaign by Israel to effectively uproot whole communities. We need to hear a clear message from the Irish Government. I very much support calls for statements next week. A second thing has to be said today....