Vol. 518 No. 1
88 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage Gaeltacht and the Islands the precise role a person (details supplied) has been asked to play by her in regard to RTE and its preparations for digital broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10900/00]
The role that the person referred to in the question agreed to take on is as follows:
To promote a common understanding among RTE, the RTE Trade Union Group– TUG– and the RTE network employees likely to transfer to the new DTT entity of: the public policy objective of Government to be realised and the factors that must be considered in the achievement of that objective; the difficulties that have arisen in the development of a transaction structure; the parameters within which the process can move forward; to facilitate the presentation of information to the Minister on the positions of these parties.
The task is to be completed within three weeks after which the facilitator will report to the Minister.
The role does not include negotiating the position of the Minister with any of the parties.
