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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Ceann Comhairle for selecting this very important Topical Issue, which addresses a matter of profound importance, one that demands immediate and resolute action. It concerns the livelihoods and well-being of the incredible individuals who dedicate their lives to caring for and supporting the most vulnerable in our society. I implore the Minister of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Minister and the guests who are joining us here this morning. I am sure the Minister will have been following the committee's hearings with RTÉ over recent weeks. On the serious revelations that were uncovered, how has she felt on listening to the many weeks of hearings and on hearing those revelations?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Given the gravity of the scandal, how confident is the Minister that the board of RTÉ can uphold its responsibilities and ensure RTÉ's standards and corporate governance are maintained?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does the Minister agree with the assertion that the board of RTÉ was asleep at the wheel?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: We heard about the great failings in the checks and balances where they did not uncover ongoing issues and ask serious questions of executive management in RTÉ. Does the Minister have confidence in the board's capability to perform its oversight function effectively? We have heard that, in some instances, the board had not met for long periods. In hindsight, it was certainly asleep at...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: The feeling, as far as I am concerned anyway, is that something needed to happen with the board due to its failures. In any scenario where we had huge failings in corporate governance, the hard questions were not being asked. We have seen major casualties from RTÉ executive management, and rightly so, but nothing happened with the board. When it emerged that the Minister was not...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does the Minister agree that was a fatal mistake?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Ms Forbes subsequently resigned two days later. Does the Minister think that was a mistake?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I want to move on to RTÉ's director general, Mr. Kevin Bakhurst, who said at a previous session of the Committee of Public Accounts that RTÉ will need around €56 million in additional interim funding and that it is expected to lose up to €21 million in TV licence revenue by the end of the year. Given that the station needs to meet its statutory obligations, what are...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does the Minister think that the taxpayer should be financially responsible for what RTÉ has done regarding the drop-off in the licence fee?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: I have one final question. When does the Minister anticipate that the internal reviews she has initiated will be published?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Why is there a new focus on the understanding of proper procedure regarding the barter account? I see the Minister has extended this back to 2012. Can she shed some light on the widening of the terms of reference?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: We are aware of RTÉ's interim funding request of €34.5 million, which was issued last May. The Minister has mentioned only €16 million here today, as recommended by the Future of Media Commission. Considering the anticipated €21 million drop-off in licence fee revenue by the end of the year, how does the Minister justify the apparent shortfall in the context of her...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: What is that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: When will the additional State intervention happen?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: That is the end of October.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: So in the time line, the Minister is talking into 2024 before any additional funding will be given by her Department.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Will the Minister be waiting for her own external report and review?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Finally, on the statement issued by RTÉ naming Ryan Tubridy and the six-year understatement of his earnings in the region of €345,000 and the board’s actions by issuing that statement without having any of the facts and the details, does the Minister think the board’s action was appropriate? Without comprehensive detail, the board was unsure about what was factual...