Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When we have that audit report, we should have the Department and the hospital board before the committee. Meanwhile, we will look for that information the committee has requested. Is everyone happy with that?

No. 736B, from Ms Katherine Licken, Secretary General of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, dated 14 July 2021, provides information requested by the committee on the engagement of contractors by RTÉ. It is a response from the Department to the committee's query as to whether it saw any impediment to RTÉ publishing that information. The Department states, "RTÉ is an independent statutory body and the Department considers that resolution of this issue is an operational matter for RTÉ in the first instance."

RTÉ has since provided this information to the committee and we will publish that correspondence shortly. Is it agreed that we note and publish this item? Agreed.