Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 18 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2019 to 31 Aug, 2019

Specific Details Reforming RTÉ for a sustainable future.

Intended results Reform of RTÉ and RTÉ funding.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dee Forbes, RTÉ Director General and Moya Doherty, Chair RTÉ Board.

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 31 July 2019 at DCCAE offices. In attendance: RTÉ: Dee Forbes, Director General and Moya Doherty, Chair RTÉ Board. DCCAE: Richard Bruton, Minister for Communications. Mark Griffin, Secretary General. Patricia Cronin, Assistant Secetary.

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.

Richard Bruton Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)