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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is a continued frustration on the part of this committee. As I said, we are looking for the pieces of the jigsaw, some of which are getting stuffed down the back of the couch, for us to build a picture on behalf of the taxpayer, which is what we are interested in doing here. There is an element of the return of the circus here this morning. I know other committee members share my...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This committee deliberately gave breathing space at the start of this Dáil term because we had anticipated that report in particular being completed, which would have allowed us to interrogate, in a meaningful way, that corporate culture we are looking to get to.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a couple of places I still want to go and time is against me. Mr. Bakhurst identified that 51% of the organisation's costs are related to "people costs", as he termed it, that is, salary and wages. We know there have been findings made against RTÉ regarding freelancers and what is essentially bogus self-employment. We know there is still some work under way in that regard. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Exposure.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: One of the key frustrations for me is this. It was not that there was a lack of corporate governance structures but that the structures that were there did not work. This is particularly true of the reporting between the executive board and the board. While I do not want to draw this analogy, I used to serve on my school board. You would think a school board would be much more of a Mickey...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has that been shared with the committee? I do not remember reading it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A blizzard of documentation has been received and I may not have seen that document.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a quick question for the Department. The taxpayer is funding RTÉ out of Vote 33 to the tune of €200 million or whatever it is every year. Does the Department have oversight of this review of those reporting mechanisms in order that it can be satisfied on behalf of the taxpayer that the mistakes of the past will not be repeated? What proactive steps has the Department...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am not sure we have achieved what I had hoped we would achieve today, which is the staunching of the flow of blood, particularly in terms of the TV licence fee. I do not think anybody wants to see more damage inflicted on an organisation that we have all publicly said is so important in terms of its public service remit. I have what is perhaps a niche question. I had a question at one...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very good, we have that at least. I will return to the topic that Deputy Dillon was addressing. If you are a top presenter in RTÉ, a lot of your attractiveness to companies derives from the fact you have a profile that comes from RTÉ. I hope it would be relatively straightforward in respect of direct employees to apply things like a register of interests or a gifts register. On...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is it more difficult to apply to things like brand ambassador roles?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes, and it is a two-way street because RTÉ is the biggest show in town.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: When those arrangements come to be renegotiated, are we establishing guidelines that are going to tighten up all of these areas?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: At the moment, we have an interim leadership team. I have concerns. The person who cut the most forlorn figure in all of this was actually Siún Ní Raghallaigh. I felt very badly for the board because they were left in the dark for an enormous amount of this and were not properly informed. We have this interim leadership team. My concern is, first, when are we going to move past...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A leadership team. Can Mr. Bakhurst tell me about the communication pathways that he is planning to put in place to make sure this leadership team does not become, essentially, a silo decision-making area, which is what had happened, and reports more directly to the board? An ordinary board member-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes built in Cork city and county in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and cost rental homes planned for delivery in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental and affordable homes built in Cork city and county in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44263/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Does Deputy Donnelly have further questions?