Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Robert Shortt:
I do not think that is for me to say. There is a process in place where we are getting there. We have already taken actions that have been called into question in an attempt to try to bring in a level of accountability for the now former director general. That was not an easy decision to make. Obviously, we were patiently waiting for the first Grant Thornton report to be completed, and then it went through our own meeting at the audit and risk committee. There were three full board meetings and at that stage the process of accountability was under way before we made what was also a very difficult decision to suspend the director general. As a member of staff, that is a decision that went through a lot of rigorous discussion. It was a big decision to make, and we did not take it lightly.
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