The courts don't have investigative or prosecutorial powersIs it time the courts..., investigate the national broadcaster management,
Hardly a basis for targeting them?especially those that refuse to go before government committees
The everyday term for an investigative process with a predetermined outcome is a kangaroo court.and where there is criminal activity,
Of course they can.Can the public make a complaint to the Gardai, and ask for them to investigate RTE?
Unless there is prims facie evidence of criminality, they will politely ignore my request.
In general terms for a "Voluntary Severance" agreement to qualify as a Redundancy situation the role must not be replaced within a specified period of time.Why are RTE facing a tax bill for a lump sum given to a former member of staff? Surely it’s up to the beneficiary to have their pension tax affairs correct ?
Is there?At this stage, would we not all agree that there's reasonable reason to suspect that laws have been broken?
In general terms for a "Voluntary Severance" agreement to qualify as a Redundancy situation the role must not be replaced within a specified period of time.
True redundancy has certain tax free elements.
Voluntary severance is technically classed as income.
|Hence the tax bill.
RTE is not the first employer (nor will they be the last) to make this mistake.
See Aer Lingus
But I'm sure that it was only resting in their accountWhy are RTE facing a tax bill for a lump sum given to a former member of staff? Surely it’s up to the beneficiary to have their pension tax affairs correct ?
Thankfully we have a very generous welfare system and there is absolutely no justification for breaking the law on such grounds.People used to be jailed for robbing milk and bread to feed their starving families!
Yes, people have to pay their taxes, and the licence fee is a tax by another name. The HSE wastes billions every year. Is that a legitimate ground for me to stop paying my income tax?Now compare that to going to jail or prosecution for non payment of the TV licence fee.
See above and previous replies.At the same time as the courts are prosecuting thousands of the public for non payment of the TV licence, the management of the national TV broadcaster squandered funds on a number of fronts.
We had a constitutional referendum to give Dail committees the power of compellability and the people, in their wisdom, declined to grant them that power. This is the result.If it wasn’t on gifts, it was on shows no one wants to watch. Worse still, payments were made to management staff that do not meet the minimum standard of a public broadcaster who purport to represent the interests of the public. Now, some of these same people refuse to come before government committees to answer questions.
I agree. There should be no debate; people should pay their taxes and we certainly should not just lump it into general taxation.There should be no debate about the public paying a licence fee and there should be no debate about exchequer funding, the public would end up paying one way or the other and that is not in their interests especially in light of information technologies that are replacing TV broadcasting.
I rarely watch RTE and I don't use it much as a news source and I regard it as deeply biased and of a low quality but we still need domestic news and media content which is publicly funded. I'd prefer fixing RTE and publicly funded broadcasting rather than getting rid of it.There is a lot of crap, especially from politicians about funding public interest broadcasting, yet the ‘national’ broadcaster is sitting on substantial assets that should be sold. If the ‘national’ broadcaster business model cannot survive financially, then it should either be reconfigured or folded in the national interests. How come a non public funded broadcaster can more than compete, yet operate out of industrial space and still represent public interests in their TV broadcasts?
The Courts don't investigate or prosecute anyone.Is it time the courts, the same courts that prosecute 1000s of the public for non payment of the TV licence fee, investigate the national broadcaster management, especially those that refuse to go before government committees and where there is criminal activity, prosecute to the full extent of the law, or are we all not equal in the eyes of the law?
We're looking at another Rehab, FAI here and worse in certain regards. The Oireachtas committee is a waste of time here.I can't believe I'm saying this but the suggestion around the C&AG taking oversight of RTE does have it's merits.
Also, it is perhaps worth considering what would happen and what we would lose if RTE was to close
I sincerely believe at least 2/3 less financial shenanigans would have gone on if the C&AG’s auditors had been going in once a year.the suggestion around the C&AG taking oversight of RTE does have it's merits.
I sincerely believe at least 2/3 less financial shenanigans would have gone on if the C&AG’s auditors had been going in once a year.
The licence fee is de facto a tax, and it beggars belief that its use is not subject to the same level of scrutiny as other taxes.
I would never make such a claimSo you reckon that Deloitte didn't do a good job?
I have an issue with the low quality, waste and strong Public Sector and pro- union bias across all of RTE but I still think we need Public Service Broadcasting (rather than the Public Sector Broadcasting we currently get).As for the TV licence itself, I regard an outlay of 44 cent a day in exchange for a range of TV and radio services as representing some of the best value for money available in Ireland today and have no issues with paying for it.
Public Sector Broadcasting are an excellent band and I recommend their Proms concert from a couple of years ago in particularI have an issue with the low quality, waste and strong Public Sector and pro- union bias across all of RTE but I still think we need Public Service Broadcasting (rather than the Public Sector Broadcasting we currently get).
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