Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion
9:30 am
Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Mr. Collins's evidence is that he had no involvement in the negotiation of the tripartite agreement, no involvement in its working out and no knowledge of it being cost neutral. I am sure he is aware of the RTÉ statement that was issued this week. In the statement, under the second point, it says:
Once it has been agreed in principle by the relevant editorial lead the process of negotiating the contracts of RTÉ's top 10 most highly paid on-air presenters is conducted by the CFO, with advice from the legal department.
That was either Mr. Collins or Ms Breda O'Keeffe, the previous CFO. Is that correct?
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