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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: The planned events in Dublin and London for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. The mention of his name invokes memories of amazing adventures, bravery, fortitude and skill in perhaps the final phase of the Age of Discovery. Because of his indomitable spirit and achievements, Sir Ernest remains in the popular memory as an inspirational hero. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Data Centres (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Martin: For reasons of operational and national security, it would not be appropriate to disclose the requested information, nor to make any comment which could in any way compromise cyber security arrangements in respect of my Department and the agencies under the remit of my Department.

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: That was in October two days after the agreement had been reached.

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: On the C and AG, I have to see what the recommendation is from the expert advisory committees. However, as I said to you only recently in the Dáil, Deputy, I am determined that we make that decision at the earliest possible time.

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: No, as I said to you as well, Deputy, only two weeks ago, the local and European elections were not my focus on this. It was about focusing on getting the decision made, and that certainly would not stop me.

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: With the chair? I accept that I would have communicated with my chief of staff to communicate with the other chiefs of staff that this issue had emerged and I was sending a letter.

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: I wanted an in-person meeting with the chair for the reason that I wanted all those who had been in the room with me on Monday and Wednesday, and that is why there were so many phone calls. All of us who had been there in the meetings on the Monday and Wednesday could not understand, given how I had asked this question quite often on the Monday and especially on the Wednesday, it was...

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: I had contacted the chiefs of staff, through the Green Party chief of staff, to say that this issue had emerged and that I was sending a letter. I signalled that I had a prearranged agreement to go on "Prime Time". That is all that the-----

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: They would not have known it was breaking because I only got that word as I was coming into Montrose, but they would have known I had sent a letter.

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: I think it was around 4.30 p.m. We can release the-----

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: They knew I had issued a letter to the chair seeking to meet her the following day. They knew it was issued because she had now remembered that she had chaired the remuneration committee that cleared the exit package. They knew that I had asked that question several times and that the answer was different that Thursday. They also knew I had a prearranged interview with "Prime Time".

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: No, I did not. I was still hopeful that she would agree to meet me on the Friday, no matter what she was saying, because I felt it was a rash decision. It is quite unprecedented for a chair of a State body to refuse to meet a Minister so I was still hopeful it would happen. I said it on several occasions on "Prime Time". I was trying to keep the door open by not saying I had no confidence...

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: The Deputy has to understand that we were trying to establish the facts. We were almost in shock that the story had changed that Thursday, such was the extent of the questioning, especially the previous day at the Wednesday meeting. I simply could not understand so I was going back, asking whether she was certain and explaining that I could not understand this because only the day before...

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: I have no idea. We started getting text messages on the way to Montrose at around 9 p.m. It is certainly not something I would ever want to happen as I am going into "Prime Time". I have no idea whatsoever who alerted the media, but it was not only one media outlet that had the story or that came to my attention around 9 p.m. on Thursday.

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: Which question?

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: The operation-----

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: Operational matters such as that are matters for the DG. It was my understanding that it was a straightforward resignation, but unfortunately last week the chair admitted to me that she forgot to tell me it was not a straightforward 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)

Catherine Martin: I do not feel it was intentional.

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: I have a lot of respect for the former 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)

Catherine Martin: Yes, that I had been told there had been no board approval and that I had been told in the same week that the chair forgot to tell me about-----