Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Lobbying Organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Date published 21 May, 2020

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2020 to 30 Apr, 2020

Specific Details RTE funding.

Intended results Emergency funding for RTÉ due to the decline in licence fee income as a result of Covid-19.

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 (2-5)

8 April 2020: 'Zoom' call. RTÉ: Dee Forbes, Director General; Richard Collins, Chief Finance Officer; Rory Coveney, Director of Strategy. DCCAE: Richard Bruton, Minister for Communications; Mark Griffin, Secretary General; Patricia Cronin, Assistant Secretary General; Patrick Cluskey, Adviser to the Minister. 21 April 2020: 'Zoom' call. RTÉ: Rory Coveney, Director of Strategy; Richard Collins, Chief Finance Officer; Grace Berkery, Corporate Strategy; Fiona O'Shea, Group Finance Controller. DCCAE: Patricia Cronin, Assistant Secretary General; Triona Quill, Head of Broadcasting and Media Policy. DPER: Patricia Coleman, Assistant Secretary General; Brendan Ellison, Principal Officer. NewERA: John Dillon, David Craughwell.

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)