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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (29 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: I am advised by my Department that there is no EU funding made available to my Department which has not yet been allocated.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (29 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: The terms of reference of the Reviews of Governance and Culture and of Contractor Fees, HR and Other Matters were published on 4 July 2023. The terms of reference of the Review of Governance and Culture are: i) Conduct an examination of RTÉ’s corporate governance framework and advise the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on whether the corporate...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: I think it is important that we end on a positive note. I believe that each and every person here values public service media. In response to some comments made today, I would like to put on the record the incredible work that is done by the staff in RTÉ. We saw, especially through Covid, high-quality, trustworthy, reliable information in a difficult situation. We all appreciated...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: -----but I did it clearly at the committee. I offered to furnish a detailed note on every conversation that occurred with the officials and chair on Thursday. I am happy to provide that and the committee will have it. I stated clearly the timeline of last Thursday’s communications with my Department and I offered to share with the committee the note taken of those communications. ...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na Teachtaí as a gcuid rannpháirtíochta ar an gceist seo inniu. Tá sé tábhachtach díospóireacht a bheith againn sa Dáil ar gach aon rud a bhaineann le cúrsaí na meáin agus an craoltóir náisiúnta. Tá todhchaí an craoltóir náisiúnta thar a...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Regrettably, the chair did submit her resignation. I again put on the record of this House my genuine appreciation for the significant contribution Ms Ní Raghallaigh made to the process to reform RTÉ over a relatively short space of time. We must now, however, redouble our efforts on the rebuilding of trust in RTÉ.

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Fáiltím roimh an deis seo labhairt os comhair na Dála inniu. I welcome the opportunity to address Dáil Éireann today. This House first heard statements on the issues arising in RTÉ on 4 July last year. I said then that although I did not underestimate the difficult path that lay ahead for RTÉ, I was confident that trust could be restored if all involved...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: The current membership of the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is as set out in the table below. All members are appointed by the relevant Minister of the time. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) administers the competitions for membership of State Boards. PAS operates an open, accessible, rigorous and transparent system to support Ministers in making appointments to State...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: Tá mé buíoch as an deis seo cur síos a dhéanamh ar chúrsaí a bhaineann le rialachas agus maoiniú do RTÉ agus le todhchaí na heagraíochta. Táim tiomanta mar Aire na meán athbhreithniú agus athnuachan a dhéanamh ar chóras an cheadúnais teilifíse. I welcome the opportunity to speak to the committee...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said in my statement, it was a pre-arranged interview. These issues emerged on Thursday and we were dealing with a number of phone calls through the officials. I felt it was worthy of a direct, face-to-face meeting with all of the officials who had been involved in the meetings on Wednesday and Monday. That is why I requested that meeting. I thought it would be wrong for me to simply...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: In fairness, there had been a number of meetings that week. There was one on Monday and two on Wednesday. This issue was in constant flow on Thursday, so it was too late, by the time I had the full facts on Thursday evening, to pull out of a media engagement. I wanted to have the proper time on Friday morning because I felt it might be a very detailed discussion.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said in my statement, when I had arranged the "Prime Time" interview, it was to talk about the advice that was issued and the future funding model. When I was on my way to the RTÉ studios I hoped that would be the focus of the interview.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: It is hard to answer that question because I could not predict what was going to happen in an interview. When I had arranged the interview, it was to do with the future funding model and the legal advice.