Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times he has met with or corresponded with the Director General of RTÉ since he took office; and the dates upon which such meetings or correspondences took place. [32166/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Since taking office as Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform on December 17 2022 I have not met with or corresponded with the Director General of RTÉ.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times he has met with or corresponded with members of the board of RTÉ since he took office; and the dates upon which such meetings or correspondences took place. [32170/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Since taking office as Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform on December 17 2022 I have not met with or corresponded with members of the board of RTÉ.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department was first alerted to the fact that RTÉ had entered an agreement to guarantee an annual income of €75,000 to an employee (details supplied). [32176/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform became aware of this issue and its details as they emerged from media reports from June 22 into the following week. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, the Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has also been briefing her Government colleagues, including at the Government meeting of 27 June

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times his predecessors under this Government and the last, met with or corresponded with the Director General of RTÉ while they were in office; and the dates upon which such meetings or correspondences took place. [32178/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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My predecessor as Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, did not meet with or correspond with the Director General of RTÉ or the board members of RTÉ during the term of the previous Government.

While no formal meetings occurred, I should note that Minister McGrath and the Director General of RTÉ at the time, Dee Forbes, both attended the Cork Person of the Year in March 2022.