Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 19 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Reform of the Licence Fee.

Intended results Licence Fee reform.

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 (2-5)

Meeting on 9 September 2021: Subject matter: RTÉ current and future funding. Dee Forbes, RTÉ Director General, met with Martin Fraser, Secretary General, Department of An Taoiseach. Meeting on 7 December 2021: Subject matter: RTÉ current and future funding. Dee Forbes, RTÉ Director General, met with Leo Varadkar, An Tánaiste.

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.

Leo Varadkar An Tánaiste (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Martin Fraser Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)