Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 19 Jan, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 Sep, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2016

Specific Details Meeting on 28th September 2016. Purpose of meeting was to seek support for unwinding of emergency budget measures, the Social Welfare cap and the €10 million reduction in licence fee allocation to RTÉ. In addition, RTÉ requested support for reform of existing licence fee system.

Intended results Seeking unwinding of emergency budget measures.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ.

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting at Dáil Éireann on 28th September 2016 attended by: Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ and Brian Dalton, MD, Corporate Development RTÉ. Micheál Martin, Leader, Fianna Fáil; Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Communications; Deirdre Gillane, Chef de Cabinet, Fianna Fáil; Pat McParland, Deputy General Secretary, Communications and Policy, Fianna Fáil.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Micheál Martin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)