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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)
Niamh Smyth: I am moving on. Deputy Griffin-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Please, we are only at the beginning of the session. I have given the Deputy loads of latitude. Deputy Munster, the floor is yours.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: This is the last point. I have given Deputy Munster loads of latitude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I ask Deputy Munster to conclude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: That concludes Deputy Munster's time. I will give Ms O'Leary ten seconds.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: As brief as possible.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Moving on, I call on Deputy Mattie McGrath now please. He has ten minutes and the floor is his.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Just for clarification for Deputy McGrath, we received apologies from Ms Doherty.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I ask the Deputy to conclude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath. I am conscious I am not doing very well on time-keeping today. I am only at the fifth speaker. There are 13 people to speak today. I ask members to work with me as best they can. I will squeeze in and fit in, but I am giving Senator Marie Sherlock her allocated time before we give the witnesses a rest. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Very quickly, please.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I call Senator Warfield.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Gould is replacing Deputy Chris Andrews today. Deputy Gould, the floor is yours.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: The Deputy has gone over time but I will allow one last and final question.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I thank Mr. Bakhurst. We move on now to Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Yes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan and all my colleagues. I will contribute next and two Members, who are not members of the committee, will contribute for a couple of minutes at the end. I appreciate we have been meeting now for more than three hours. If the witnesses can bear with us, hopefully we will-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: -----bring this to a conclusion today. We have received apologies from a large number of people but Mr. Bakhurst and his colleagues have been very agreeable and forthcoming with information. I appeal to Ms Forbes, if she is watching, to please make herself available to this committee at some point. We do not want to go down the road of compelling but we may be left with no option. There is...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Niamh Smyth: Does he agree with the notion that the board was deceived?