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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an adult is permitted to resist a Junior Certificate mathematics exam; if there are supports available to a person to assist with the exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (28 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the two Government commissioned reports into RTÉ will be published; the reason the reports have been delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department should accept some liability for the litany of bogus self-employment cases at RTÉ, given the knowledge of the prolonged practice by her Department; if her Department's role in handling the issue of bogus self-employment will be independently investigated, given the apparent scale and complexity of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a statement will be provided of the 2023 BISS, CRISS, ANC and Eco payments to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; if an explanation will be provided on the reduction in direct payments in comparison to 2022 to the farmer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9674/24]

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)

Brendan Griffin: On a point of order, I have proposed in writing that an open standing invitation would issue to Siún Ní Raghallaigh in the event of her choosing to accept an opportunity to address this committee with any relevant information. Could we get the agreement of the committee that such an invitation would issue to the chair in the interest of fairness? It would allow her to have an...

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)

Brendan Griffin: In the past, has the Minister ever picked up the phone to call Siún Ní Raghallaigh?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Yes.

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)

Brendan Griffin: How often?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Did it happen a few times a week or a few times a month?

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)

Brendan Griffin: The Minister would feel at liberty to pick up the phone and call her if issues arose. Is that correct?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Would the Minister use text or WhatsApp messages?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Okay, so no text or WhatsApp messages. When it emerged that this-----

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)

Brendan Griffin: On this occasion, it was becoming clear that this was a very serious situation, yet the Minister did not feel it warranted her picking up the phone and speaking to the chair.

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)

Brendan Griffin: Was the letter that was talked about drafted?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Does the Minister have a copy of this letter she can furnish 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)

Brendan Griffin: In the letter did the Minister call for Ms Ní Raghallaigh's resignation?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Earlier, the Minister said that the story was about to break. It is hard to imagine how anyone else could have known about it because it was such a small circle of people. Will the Minister investigate how that could have been known?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Earlier, the Minister claimed that RTÉ and "Prime Time" were not aware that this story was about to break.

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)

Brendan Griffin: Then why did the Minister give them the scoop on the air?

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)

Brendan Griffin: Given the sensitivity of the situation, the Minister did not have to tell this story live on air. The Minister did not tell us about the letter or the threatened resignation. Why did the Minister tell us about this particular aspect of the information?