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 Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Usually being the 12th speaker, there are very few questions left to be asked, but actually there are loads of questions still to be asked, which is an indication of the mess that you are in. Turning towards the chair and the interim director general, I will go back three and a half months. Ryan Tubridy said on his radio show on 16 March that he was stepping down from "The Late Late Show" at the end of that season. The following day, a national holiday, the chair of the audit and risk committee gets contacted by Deloitte, saying there is a problem. That is an incredible coincidence of timing, is it not? Or perhaps someone else in RTÉ knew before 16 March that there was a problem. Will you clarify that for me, please?

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