Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion
Mr. Adrian Lynch:
In terms of this deal, what I was aware of in early 2020, in my role as director of audience channels and marketing I would be responsible for the number of hours that Ryan Tubridy does on television. Any query that would come to me would be in relation to the number of broadcast hours, as it applies to his contract. In this particular situation, there was a suggestion that Ryan Tubridy could do fewer hours and that there was an off-air time of approximately 11.30 p.m. What I was aware of in relation to the commercial agreement was that there were to be three events, subject to finding a commercial sponsor, obviously, because there had to be a relationship between Ryan Tubridy and the commercial sponsor, and if that relationship did not occur, then Ryan Tubridy would not be paid money from the commercial sponsor.
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