Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 18 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Licence fee reform.

Intended results An understanding of broadcasting issues and the need for public funding reform.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Brian Dalton, MD, Corporate Development, 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 21 November 2017. Meeting attended by Brian Dalton, MD, Corporate Development, RTÉ, and Vivienne Flood, Public Affairs Manager, RTÉ. Subject: Retransmission and licence fee reform - to discuss recommendations of Joint Oireachtas Report on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting.

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.

Bríd Smith TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)