Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Communications

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details The impact of Covid-19 on RTE and the challenges facing public service broadcasting.

Intended results To communicate to the Minister for Communicatons the impact of Covd-19 on RTÉ. To communicate to Micheál Martin the challenges facing public service broadcasting.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Moya Doherty, Chair, RTÉ Board and 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 (2-5)

25 March 2020: Telephone call. Moya Doherty, Chair, RTÉ Board communicated to the Minister for Communicatons the impact of Covid19 on RTÉ. 7 April 2020: Telephone call. Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ communicated to Micheál Martin, Leader of Fianna Fáil, the challenges facing 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.

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

Micheál Martin Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)