Results 121-140 of 2,254 for speaker: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)
Christopher O'Sullivan: No, I am sorry. I want to clarify what I was referring to. Ms O'Leary said Mr. Collins gave her a projection of €300,000-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: -----and you feel you were betrayed because of that.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Is Ms O'Leary okay with Mr. Collins's role in giving her a projection of €300,000?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Mr. Collins did that in good faith. He expected that would be the projected profit.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I will move on. On Toy Show The Musical, in fairness, Mr. Hickey pointed out he was asking questions and was trying to seek information from Mr. Coveney. However, for members of the board who were in place at the time, or anyone who can fill in this information, when did advertising on radio and TV start for Toy Show The Musical?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Can anyone answer regarding the frequency of advertising for Toy Show The Musical? Does anyone have that data?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Was it advertised more than other RTÉ-run events?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: That brings up a question for the board and even members of the executive who were present at the time. For me, or anybody who was in Ireland during that period, that advertising was incessant. It was daily and multiple times a day to the point where it was kind of off-putting, to be honest. At that point, did anyone scream that something was wrong here, that an extra push was being put on...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: We already know that.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Okay. What-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: What kind of flag was there? What made you ask those questions? Were you thinking the same as me, that this was being pushed hard?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: In fairness, you did.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: In the opening questions, I was glad Mr. Hickey was able to stand over the fact he had asked those questions. Again, is anybody willing to answer that question? Do they feel that-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It did not set off alarm bells to say there was something wrong and ticket sales were not-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: Did it not prompt you to ask questions about what the projections were?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It did not alert anybody at all?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: It alarmed me.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: They were so good that we were pushing this ad on the radio three or four times a day every day. It was incessant.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: There were only 72 tickets sold in July.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Christopher O'Sullivan: There were 106 sold in August.