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 that - to answer that question, I have no doubt that there was a negotiation going on in the autumn of 2019. The negotiation was obviously not going that well or whatever, and then this idea was obviously generated that there would be some brand extensions and there would be events. My understanding, when I saw it in January, was that these would be events that would be paid for by a sponsor, so it would be a legitimate agreement. We all know it is a lawful agreement. If we activate them, Ryan Tubridy would be paid. The idea of that commercial agreement was not about concealing payments to Ryan Tubridy. The concealed payments only occurred when the guarantee was activated.

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