RTÉ and BAI Board Nominations

Wed 16th July 2014



The Houses of the Oireachtas issued a press release 17th July 2014

Communications Committee invites expressions of interest in nominations to RTÉ and BAI boards

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified members of the public who would like to be considered for upcoming appointments to the boards of RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).

For more information and to send an expression of interest, click here:LINK

Chairman of the Committee John O’Mahony TD says: “Oireachtas Committees are playing an ever more active role in the process leading to the appointment of Chairpersons to State Boards. In a similar vein and under existing legislation, this Committee also has a role in the nominating individuals to the boards of RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

“We invite expressions of interest to these important boards with a view to considering them for nomination to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Those putting forward their names should attach a short history of their work experience, detailing which of the criteria for appointment they satisfy, as well as a copy of their CV."

Media enquiries to:

Paul Hand,

Communications Unit,

Houses of the Oireachtas,

Leinster House,

Dublin 2

P: +3531 618 4484

M: +353 87 694 9926

Committee on Transport and Communications

Deputies:John O’Mahony (Chair), Paudie Coffey (Vice-Chair), Michael Colreavy, Timmy Dooley, Dessie Ellis, Tom Fleming, Brendan Griffin, Noel Harrington, Seán Kenny, Éamonn Maloney, Helen McEntee, Michael Moynihan, Patrick O’Donovan, Ann Phelan and Mick Wallace

Senators:Sean D. Barrett, Terry Brennan, Éamonn Coghlan, Paschal Mooney, Ned O’Sullivan and John Whelan