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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) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: No, Deputy, we are way over time.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: Deputy Griffin, we are way over time.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: We are way over time.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: Please let Mr. Bakhurst reply.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: Allow Mr. Bakhurst to answer the question.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: I am sorry, Deputy, we will move 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)
Alan Dillon: I am sorry, Deputy. I call Senator Martin Conway.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: I call Senator Conway.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: For what reason?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: I will be brief, Chair. Thank you for allowing me back in. My question is directed to Ms O'Leary, as chair of the audit and risk committee. She attended meetings on the Toy Show The Musicalproduction as far back as March 2022. Is that correct?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: Why, then, did Toy Show The Musical not appear on the minutes of the audit and risk committee agenda until October 2022, in an indirect manner?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: There is a real inconsistency
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: But does Ms O'Leary think there is an inconsistency here as to how she acted in this instance versus how she acted as regards the irregular payments when dealing with Ryan Tubridy, at a time when she was expected to flag these issues with board members but it never actually reached the board, even though she was attending meetings and looking for information? I think-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: It is a real, significant point and it is not something that committee members can in one way disregard. When you think about confidence in the board in terms of doing its duties and being accountable, I think this justifies a sequence of events where we had lapses in control-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: In terms of sitting at the table, though, in one sense allowing this to be given to the green light, does Ms O'Leary not-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [4026/24]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: While I welcome the significant work that has been done in the special educational needs area and the allocation of a dedicated Minister of State to hold the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, and the Department to account, the distribution of special education teachers is a critical matter that has come up in recent days in many rural schools. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: I ask that we would revisit the issue with the National Council for Special Education and streamline the review process to ensure there is consistency across the board.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)
Alan Dillon: I draw the Taoiseach's attention to a matter of concern relating to our expatriates returning home, particularly in light of the recent campaign to encourage Irish construction workers overseas to return home amid the current labour shortage in the construction sector. Our citizens who have spent between five and 15 years abroad are encountering significant challenges accessing banking...