Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I have an agriculture committee meeting so I must leave this meeting slightly before 10 a.m. I wish to take this item of correspondence alongside No. 663 from the Revenue Commissioners, which is important and relevant in that Revenue clearly states: "It is Revenue's position that it is wholly a matter for the person or body who entered into a tax settlement with Revenue to decide whether it is appropriate to disclose the details of [same]." We know RTÉ entered into a settlement with Revenue but we do not know how much that settlement was for or what the precise details of it are. When we asked RTÉ it cited the confidentiality agreement with Revenue. It is clear from Revenue's correspondence there is no restriction on its part. I therefore propose we write to RTÉ again asking it, in the public interest and considering it is substantially funded through a compulsory charge on each household, to publish the full details of that settlement with Revenue in order for us to have a better picture of the work on bogus self-employment and other issues this committee has been actively engaged on.