Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 17 Sep, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020

Specific Details RTÉ current and future funding.

Intended results To communicate the challenges facing RTÉ in relation to funding.

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.

Phone call (6-10)

Date: 19/05/2020: Telephone call. Dara Calleary, TD and Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ. Date: 20/05/2020: Telephone call. Mark Griffin, Secretary General, Dept. Communications, Climate Action and Environment, and Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ. Date: 22/05/2020: Telephone call. Eamon Ryan, Leader of the Green Party and Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ. Date: 16/06/2020: Telephone call. Mark Griffin, Secretary General, Dept. Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport & Gaeltacht, and Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ. 15/07/2020: Video call: Catherine Martin, Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport & Gaeltacht and Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ. 29/07/2020: Telephone call. Katherine Licken, Secretary General, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ.

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.

Dara Calleary TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Mark Griffin Secretary General (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)

Eamon Ryan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Catherine Martin Minister (Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media)

Katherine Licken Secretary General (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)