30-06-2023, 06:34 AM
There was other news reported by the Irish Independent earlier this week that The Secretary General in Ireland's Dept of Health, Robert Watt, had stopped sponsorship funding for RTÉ's Operation Transformation last year while it was funded under the Healthy Ireland initiative.
The halting of the funding for this show was seen in documents provided under requests from The Freedom of Information Act. The sponsorship revenue was worth €283k per year for the programme.
He gave an email to a principal officer in the health department in December 2021 saying that ''This is the last year''.
The Principal officer than responded “Thanks for this, noted re: the heavy heart! I am more than happy for a full review and consideration next year to evaluate appropriateness of any future involvement and long before any discussion with programme producers.”
www.independent.ie
The halting of the funding for this show was seen in documents provided under requests from The Freedom of Information Act. The sponsorship revenue was worth €283k per year for the programme.
He gave an email to a principal officer in the health department in December 2021 saying that ''This is the last year''.
The Principal officer than responded “Thanks for this, noted re: the heavy heart! I am more than happy for a full review and consideration next year to evaluate appropriateness of any future involvement and long before any discussion with programme producers.”
www.independent.ie