Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 21 Sep, 2017

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2017 to 31 Aug, 2017

Specific Details Meeting to seek approval for the terms and conditions of the proposed RTÉ 2017 Voluntary Exit Programme.

Intended results Department support for the proposed RTÉ 2017 Voluntary Exit Programme.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Breda O'Keeffe, Chief Finance Officer, 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 on 17 August 2017 at DCCAE offices. In attendance: RTÉ: Breda O'Keeffe, Chief Finance Officer; Eimear Cusack, Director, Human Resources; Emer Chapman, Pensions Manager. DPER: Peter Brazel, Principal Officer; Adrian Finneran, Principal Officer; Brian Naughter, Assistant Principal. DCCAE: Patricia Cronin, Assistant General Secretary; Robert McGuinness, Corporate Governance.

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.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)