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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) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: He knows what a lot of people are earning in the media sector so he can go to RTÉ and say one of his clients wants a pay rise. RTÉ might say “No” and he might go to a commercial radio station or TV station. Mr. Kelly has a wealth of knowledge and a significant amount of power to go down to that commercial TV station or radio station, knowing full well what presenters...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Does Mr. Kelly have a monopoly as an agent?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: What happens if two of Mr. Kelly’s clients are going for the same job?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Surely you have to back-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: If Mr. Tubridy does not mind my asking, why is he an independent contractor?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Tubridy says under the terms of his contract he is allowed do additional work outside RTÉ.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Is that the reason he is satisfied to be an independent contractor? It allows him to do additional work.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Tubridy says there is nothing morally, ethically or legally wrong with that. Is it fair for me to say that in any additional work he does the benefit comes from his connection with RTÉ?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Mr. Tubridy has been there since the age of 12.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: In his opening statement and a number of times at the Committee of Public Accounts, Mr. Tubridy said he took a pay cut. To most people out there, a pay cut is when a person works the same hours with the same conditions for less pay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: That is not the case here. In the contract negotiations, Mr. Kelly's email states a "reduced fee has to reflect a reduced level of services". In simple terms, that means a person would get paid less but there would be less work. Can Mr. Kelly reasonably call that a pay cut?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: My own time is almost up.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: On the issue of "The Late Late Show", throughout the documentation the witnesses sent us, the terms "The Late Late Toy Show Live" and "The Late Late Toy Show" appear interchangeably, but at no point was the musical being talked about.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Is there a separate commercial agreement relating to the toy show?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: For want of a better word, and I do not want to describe anyone, Mr. Kelly has to back someone.

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I commend my comrade, Senator Boylan, and Brian Marron, in her office. They have worked tirelessly on this and do an incredible job for Sinn Féin. I also thank our team on climate and just transition. Central Statistics Office, CSO, figures, show that, in Ireland, 8.9% of people cannot afford new clothes, 1.4% cannot afford a warm, waterproof coat, and 2.5% cannot afford two pairs of...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Well done.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Restriction of Salaries) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister and I thank the Senator Mullen for bringing forward the Bill. It is mind-boggling stuff. There have been some very confusing narratives. There are issues of the barter account, of agents who wield great influence on our public service broadcaster and the tension in the model between the commercial and public service pillars is very much under the spotlight. It is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I understand that an oversight mechanism was meant to be in place between the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and RTÉ. It was raised in the Dáil earlier that there was meant to be monthly meetings between the Department with responsibility for media, the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform and RTÉ...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that.