Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I suspect that we are entitled to it. I will move on for time purposes. I wish to go through the timeline of what happened in March. Regarding this issue with Deloitte, the dates of 16 March and 17 March and Mr. Tubridy's resignation, the whole country is talking about this. The coincidence is incredible. I wish to ask everybody in the room the following question: Is anybody aware of anyone who may of spoken Mr. Tubridy, his agent or anyone belonging to him about what was coming down the line prior to 16 March, when he announced he was finishing up at "The Late Late Show"? Is anybody in the room aware of anything like that? No. Okay. That is fine.

Mr. Collins became aware on 7 March, he informed the director general on 8 March. Mr. Tubridy said he was finishing up on 16 March and then, on St. Patrick's Day - no issue with Deloitte - this meeting was called. In the statement by the RTÉ board on 23 June, the second paragraph states "Later in the same week, members of the Audit and Risk Committee ... of the RTÉ board were contacted by the auditors to alert them about concerns they had about a number of issues." In Mr. Collins's previous evidence, he said there was "an issue". This is stated there were a number of issues. What are the other issues?

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