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

Photo of Fintan WarfieldFintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A private company – an agent – is making big profits representing the vested interests of talent, negotiating their pay, getting them speaking gigs and doing their promotion. When a presenter of a show on the public broadcaster is interviewing a client of the same agent, does that represent a conflict of interest? Are they given favourable treatment by virtue of the fact they are represented by the same agent?

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