RTÉ Board

The RTÉ Board is an eight-member body which makes policy and guiding corporate direction for RTÉ, Ireland's state public broadcaster.[1]

History

The Board was established as the Radio Éireann Authority under the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960. It later became the RTÉ Authority. The Authority was actually the legal entity known as Raidio Teilifís Éireann and the body which hae legal responsibility to run the services authorised under the Broadcasting Authority Acts 1960–2002 but actual management of the services was delegated to the Director-General and the staff of the Authority, and all these together comprised RTÉ. The Authority met monthly and acted as RTÉ's board of directors, making general policy and overseeing the operations of RTÉ on a non-executive basis. The RTÉ Authority was appointed by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The RTÉ Executive reported to the Authority via the Director-General.

Under the Broadcasting Act 2009, the RTÉ Authority lost the "Authority" moniker and came to be referred to simply as the Board. Having been self-regulating, it lost the regulatory function to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. A new Authority, the final authority, was appointed on 24 February 2009 on a six-month interim basis, until the 2008 Bill was enacted.[2]

The new Board of RTÉ and the four nominees of the Joint Committee with responsibility for broadcasting for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland members were to be appointed in early 2010[3] by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The RTÉ Executive would now report to the board.[4][5]

In November 2022 Moya Doherty completed her term as chair of the RTÉ board, and Siún Ní Raghallaigh was appointed as the new chairperson.[6]

Structure

The Board consists of up to 12 members - six nominated by the Minister, four nominated by the Minister on the advice of the Oireachtas Joint Committee with responsibility for broadcasting, one worker director and the Director-General.[7]

Current board members
Name Role Term start
Siún Ní Raghallaigh Chairperson 22 November 2022
Ian Kehoe 9 October 2018
Deborah Kelleher (second term) 4 November 2014
Dee Forbes Director-General (ex-officio) 11 July 2016
P.J. Mathews (second term) 4 November 2014
Anne O'Leary (second term) 4 November 2014
Robert Shortt (second term) RTÉ staff representative 29 May 2018
Connor Murphy 19 March 2020

References
  1. "About RTÉ". RTÉ About. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. "Minister announces new RTÉ Authority". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "Oireachtas Communications Committee Ratifies New Members of RTÉ Board and Broadcasting Authority of Ireland". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. "Major changes heralded in broadcasting as new laws enacted". Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009.
  5. "Broadcasting Act 2009". Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2009 – via YouTube.
  6. "New chair of RTÉ board appointed by Government". independent. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  7. "Broadcasting Bill 2008" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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