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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Justice (18 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the officials from the Department. That concludes our engagement on this matter. I thank Mr. Munro and Ms McKenna for their briefing today. It was informative and helpful. They should feel free to withdraw from the meeting to allow the committee to consider the matter further and communicate its decision to the Minister in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the overrepresentation of females in lower grades within farming bodies and their underrepresentation in senior positions within these same farming bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: We have received apologies from Deputies Ciarán Cannon and Imelda Munster. We have some housekeeping business to attend to first. Are the minutes of our meeting on 24 April 2024 formally agreed with no matters arising? Agreed. This meeting has been convened today with Mr. Terence O'Rourke, to discuss his role and key priorities as the recently appointed chairperson of RTÉ. I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Thank you, Mr. O'Rourke. As it is your first time here, I will explain that colleagues will come in and out because there are other debates and engagements that they have to attend. It is no reflection on what you have said or what you are about to say. I call Senator Malcolm Byrne to begin.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: This is your final question, Deputy.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Deputy McGrath, you are way over time so just finish.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: We are way over time, Deputy McGrath.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Moving on, thank you very much. I call Deputy Griffin.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome Deputy Ring as he is new to the committee and is replacing the new Minister of State, Deputy Alan Dillon. I know Deputy Ring has been thrown in at the deep end as this is his first meeting. I thank him for joining us today. If he has any questions, comments or observations, he can make them now.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: We move to a second round as some of my colleagues have further questions. We will begin with Senator Malcolm Byrne who has eight minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I have a few general questions and will begin with Mr. O'Rourke. How long have you been in the role?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: So, a relatively short period of around three months. Have you faced any resistance since taking up the role?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Do you feel you have had an open book, particularly with the executive board?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: One has to be careful of that also.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: In terms of any questions or any interrogation that you feel you need to do around issues that arise, do you feel you are getting full answers and that there is no obfuscation?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: My reading when this all began was that the executive board members had a very siloed way of operating. They almost had themselves elevated above the board members. It was very clear to us that the board members were deceived in a lot of cases. They certainly were not being given information and a lot of that was intentional. That is my reading of it, based on the hearings we had. How...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: They are no longer the enemy.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: The interrogation is there now.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Niamh Smyth: Thank you. My next question is for you, Ms Howard. Obviously, you were at some of our hearings when all of this started. Mr. O'Rourke has expressed his view. I appreciate that Ms Howard has been a board member through the last phase of RTÉ, which had a non-relationship. As I mentioned, there was almost an effort to not give the information to disable the board from doing the job for...