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- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Mr. Kelly is telling me that those roadshows are owed effectively-----
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: -----and they will have to be done subsequently.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Mr. Tubridy was paid in advance.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I must ask, from the point of view of reputational damage, which I think is key, did Mr. Tubridy not assess this going into the pandemic? We all know how difficult it was, and Mr. Tubridy broadcast throughout it, with great admiration and respect from the population. Did he in any way say to himself that this is a dangerous situation because the published figures pertaining to his salary...
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Mr. Tubridy never asked any questions in regard to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Hang on a second. To be fair, my line of questioning is reflecting that. I am just asking, in relation to the outbreak of Covid, was it really necessary that this arrangement, in some shape or form, remained in place. Ultimately, the taxpayers’ money involved in RTÉ as an organisation was being used to supplement Mr. Tubridy's income. That is the perception we need to deal with.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Those services were not provided but the payment was made.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: We know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: On the negotiations around pay, this is important because we discussed it with the RTÉ executive board. They were not very forthcoming with answers and now there is a very wide chasm between the information Mr. Tubridy and Mr. Kelly have provided us with today and what the board have given us previously. Who in the executive board of RTÉ was involved in those pay negotiations?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Yes, who was present and involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I am sorry, but Mr. Kelly did not answer my question. Who was present from the executive board of RTÉ for these negotiations?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I see Mr. Kelly has been handed a document. He may take a moment to read it.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: My time is up. I may come back in subsequently.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Can Mr. Tubridy accept how it is not physically possible for anybody here to comprehensively go through that information?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. I ask him to bring the points that have been raised back to the Minister. That would be appreciated. It comes down to this: it is about the scale of time it will take to get to a point at which this will no longer be an issue unless there is drastic rainfall. As I said, these outages are becoming more frequent. They are lasting much...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I wish to acknowledge the passing of former Cork East Deputy, Gerard Cott, who served as a Member of the House from 1969 until 1973. Our sympathies are with his family and the community in Midleton C.B.S. Secondary School, where he served as a member of staff for a number of years. We have been thinking of them in the past few days. I wish to raise a critically-important issue in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the social housing waiting list in Cork County Council now compares with that in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33198/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on social housing provision in Cork County Council from 2020 to 2022; the target in place for same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33197/23]
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Does RTÉ have a risk register? Okay. How often is it amended?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Who takes charge of that risk register? Who on the executive board has responsibility for it?