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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?

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: Sorry. Obviously, there are items in these risk registers that would be of paramount importance. For an organisation the size and scale of RTÉ with the services it provides, I presume the No. 1 item on that would be reputational risk. Is that correct?

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 them ranked?

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: However, are they ranked? Yes" or "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)

James O'Connor: Which is No. 1?

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: Where on that is reputational risk?

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 Ms Anne O'Leary know which one it is?

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: Excellent. Who is in charge of item No. 3? Who is responsible?

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 on the executive board has responsibility for reputational damage or risk?

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: I want to move on to the internal and external auditors. RTÉ was in procurement for everything, I presume, when it comes to external and internal auditors.

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: What about internal?

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: It is a bit unusual, is it not?

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: Obviously, the internal auditor has drawn up a number of reports. Is that correct?

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: Is Mr. Collins going to commit, from a reputational perspective, to publishing all of those internal reports for this committee and the Committee of Public Accounts?

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: Just to be very clear, it is all reports - everything.