Dáil Éireann
DÁIL ÉIREANN AN COMHCHOISTE UM IOMPAR AGUS CUMARSÁID JOINT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS Dé Céadaoin, 25 Márta 2015 Wednesday, 25 March 2015 The Joint Committee met at 9.30 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Deputy Michael Colreavy, Senator Terry Brennan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Senator Eamonn Coghlan, Deputy Dessie Ellis, Senator Paschal Mooney, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, Senator John Whelan. Deputy Tom Fleming, Deputy Seán Kenny, Deputy Michael McCarthy, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, Deputy Michael Moynihan, Deputy Patrick O’Donovan, Deputy Brian Walsh, DEPUTY JOHN O’MAHONY IN THE CHAIR. 1 RTE: GOvERNANCE ISSUES The joint committee met in private session until 10.40 a.m. RTE: Governance Issues Chairman: We are dealing with No. 8, engagement with RTE on governance issues. The purpose of this morning’s meeting is to engage with RTE in order to discuss governance at the station and the policies and procedures in place in order to ensure political balance in program- ming and report. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome back Ms Moya Doherty, chair- man of the RTE Authority, Mr. Kevin Bakhurst, deputy director general and managing director of news and current affairs, Mr. Tom McGuire, head of RTE Radio 1, Mr. David Nally, man- aging editor, RTE television current affairs and Ms Deirdre McCarthy, political assignments editor, RTE news. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by abso- lute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence.
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