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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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay. You felt you had been misinformed three times: when she did not inform you about the resignation of Dee Forbes, or that she sought the resignation, there was the instance in terms of the Coveney exit package, and the instance in terms of Mr. Collins's exit package. Sport is within your Department. Baseball is not very widely played in Ireland but is it a case of three strikes and you...

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: After the Monday, in terms of the Coveney exit package and the misinformation and she corrected that, had you given her prior warning that it was the second time you felt she had misinformed you and that, if it happened again, there would have to be a serious conversation?

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: You were asked to express confidence in her. Was there any other way you could have got out of that question? It was a tricky question; there was this big shadow hanging over the whole situation. You just shared information that she was not willing to receive a letter. Do you feel you could not have said you had full confidence at that point?

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Did you genuinely not foresee the 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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay, so that potential resignation was there. You were informed that if you were going to send a letter, there could potentially be a resignation coming. That is interesting.

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Even after what has transpired and the number of times you have felt Ms Ní Raghallaigh has misinformed you, do you regret that she is gone? Would you like if she was still in place?

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Do you think the right outcome is that she is gone or would you prefer she was still chair of the board?

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It sounds to me like you think it is the right outcome.

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay. Regarding the knowledge of the Department, I am very uncertain about this given that in Ms Ní Raghallaigh's statement she says "I informed the Department about the process which led to Richard’s departure from RTÉ, on October 10th, the day after it was approved". Is that accurate?

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Is there any documentation with any of the Department officials which informed of the oversight role the board had in Mr. Collins's departure?

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)

Christopher O'Sullivan: There is further delving to be done then into the knowledge in the Department, but I will make one closing comment. This entire mess since June right through to now is certainly not of the Minister's making but it is still a mess. RTÉ, unfortunately, is in bits. It is in pieces and badly needs to be thrown a lifeline. The staff deserve it and the people of Ireland deserve a proper...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I want to raise an issue on behalf of the people of Shannonvale, a small village near my home town of Clonakilty, who have been campaigning for years to get back their children's playground. The playground is located beside a wastewater treatment plant and at the moment there is raw sewage and excrement coming up through the surface. When I first came into this Dáil in 2020 I raised...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Regulations (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I appreciate the response. The unfortunate thing is that it is almost a carbon copy of responses I have already received from the office of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, when I flagged this previously. There are some encouraging elements in the response in that there is clearly an awareness of this substance. There is awareness of the impacts it has on young people and of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Regulations (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue. This is an incredibly important issue. It is about HHC and HHC vapes in particular, their prevalence in Ireland, the damage they are causing, the harm they are doing to individuals, especially young people, and the damage they are causing to relationships and particularly families right across Ireland. It is a scourge on our...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider increasing the weekly earnings disregard for disability allowance recipients as when using the benefit of work estimator (details supplied) recipients seem to have less take home now post budget than before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7804/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who claimed jobseeker's benefit for self-employed and exhausted that benefit, is treated differently from a person who claimed jobseeker's benefit and exhausted that benefit when applying for the benefit for 65 year-olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fire Safety (20 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 242. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any regulations surrounding fire retardancy on furniture goods sold in Ireland and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7483/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Business Supports (15 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's plans to support businesses in the hospitality sector that are dependent on tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6955/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he has approved for Uisce Éireann in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Biodiversity Plan (15 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of the new National Biodiversity Action Plan. [6905/24]