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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: On 10 January 2023, which was eight days before that meeting of the committee, there was an executive board meeting at which Mr. Coveney was looking at this musical, including the outturns, the options around it and doing a deep dive with regard to remounting and strategic questions around it. Does Mr. Lynch remember that meeting?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: Absolutely.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: Were you as confident as Mr. Coveney in terms of the success of this as a multi-annual production that we could see coming back and back again?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: Normally with a major theatrical production, there would be an agreement with the venue, such as the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre or wherever, whereby that venue would take a percentage, say 20%, of the seat sales. Was a similar deal done with the convention centre or was it given a flat flee and given payment for every seat in the house regardless of whether those seats were filled?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: Do any of the witnesses know the nature of the contract, that is, whether it was a flat-fee or percentage deal, the latter being the normal scenario with theatrical productions? Anybody? It seems nobody knows. My next question is for Mr. Bakhurst. Was Mr. Coveney made the fall guy for this fiasco because it could be said that he tried something and it did not work? In terms of a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: What were the circumstances that led you to agree with that summation?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: Was there an exit package put in place for Mr. Coveney given that he resigned?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: I am not asking for the nature of a package. I am just asking for confirmation as to whether there was an exit package for Mr. Coveney considering that he resigned.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: In the context of the audit and risk process that was mentioned earlier, it is very much a case of people throwing each other under the bus when one reads the Grant Thornton report. Ms Doherty is quoted as saying that the audit and risk committee had an independent function and, if it wanted, it could have requested to look at the issue. Ms O'Leary clearly disagrees with that view.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that but the convention centre was not booked until 19 April. There was an opportunity, given that Ms O'Leary had not been presented with the risk analysis the people involved say they had conducted and which they say was ready on 1 March, to pull this.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: I know that but I am saying that the fact it was not provided should have given cause for alarm as to why it was not being provided to Ms O'Leary's committee.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: Absolutely, but we are doing this against a backdrop of future funding, which is also an agenda item today. You said it is an Oireachtas matter. Some in these buildings want it to be fully funded from the public Exchequer. We will have a vote on that in the Dáil tonight. Along with that there are those calling for an amnesty for people who will not pay their TV licence. To me, it...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: What is anticipated on the commercial income side? There are a number of major events such as the Olympics, the World Cup or whatever that will add to the commercial income of RTÉ this year.

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Shane Cassells: The first newspaper to hit the newsstands with the coverage of John Bruton's passing was quite fittingly his own local newspaper the Meath Chronicle, which hit the shelves in Meath at 6 p.m. last night and carried a front-page picture of the former Taoiseach and Meath man with the headline "Death of a Statesman". John Bruton was every bit a statesman who rose to the highest office in this...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: As echoed by Senator Fitzpatrick, however, you have that in every county. Those policing committees are currently made up of a range of local community representatives. Senator Ruane is right in respect of those leadership figures who are not just elected representatives. They are some of the best attendees and strongest voices at these meetings. I know from the policing committee...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister for her extensive response and for clarifying how we got to the final positions, as well as the flexibility that will be afforded by the regulations, the composition, the rationale in respect of the various amendments and her clarification regarding the position in respect of the chairs and the membership. That is important in the context of this debate. As has been...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I welcome all of the witnesses. For the record, I state that I am still a member of the NUJ. I disagree with Senator Warfield in his statement that this hearing is politicised. We have been discussing the future of the media now for the past four years on this particular committee. In my mind, this is a key component of that. I disagree inherently with the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: When Mr. O'Connell is speaking to his fellow members, what would the likes of The Connacht Tribuneand the Meath Chroniclebe putting aside on their books to account for this and factor it in for the year ahead?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Shane Cassells: From Mr. O'Connell having spoken to his members, how many times during the year would a local newspaper face very serious complaints?