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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: If these programmes are being moved off-site for those reasons and the building would cost an extraordinary amount of money to bring up to standard, what will happen with that building?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Bakhurst means outside of RTÉ.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: What is the plan for the staff who work on both programmes?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: That is a lot of uncertainty for the staff involved in that. No clear decisions have been made. A decision was made to-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: -----privatise the two flagship programmes, but there was no thought to how that will operate and where the savings would be as such. Normally, when you outsource to private sector, it is automatically more expensive. The outside broadcast unit was sold some years ago. It was a good deal initially, but when they realised they had a monopoly, the price rocketed. Are we making the same...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: If that decision is taken, it would be privatising it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: But not these two.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: As it stands, Mr. Bakhurst cannot give any guarantees to any of the staff involved in those two flagship programmes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Yes but there is no guarantee their job as it is will not be outsourced or privatised.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Will all drama be outsourced going into the future?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Everything apart from those two is outsourced, so this is the final one - the flagship, "Fair City". It is gone now, if that is the decision taken.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: I agree with Mr. Bakhurst that there are. However, it is public service media and this is the one last flagship programme, and that is now being-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Current affairs and sports. However, as regards drama, "Fair City" and "The Late Late Show" are synonymous with RTÉ. That goes without saying.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: They could be gone - out.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Okay, but we are scant on the detail of all of it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: In talking about the funding decision that has yet to be made about future funding for RTÉ, whether it is direct Exchequer funding, I think Mr. Bakhurst said he did not have preference. I do not know if I picked him up right or wrong on that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: We had a team of unions and other reps in a couple months ago and I asked each of them at the end their preference of funding, and all of them said direct Exchequer funding. Given the Future of Media Commission report, that was the one recommendation left sitting on the shelf, if you like. Would Mr. Bakhurst favour direct Exchequer funding? Is he frustrated that no decision has been made?...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: If it was direct Exchequer funding with those safeguards, would Mr. Bakhurst then be in favour?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Yea or nay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Bakhurst would be favour of the safeguards.