Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I read through it and I thought that RTÉ is showing utter contempt for this committee. If one reads through it, it states that the barter accounts:

...are used by RTÉsolelyin the context of [its] commercial activity of selling advertising airtime. A barter account may be used for the purpose of hospitality and entertainment in relation to advertising clients/media agencies to ensure that RTÉ can continue to increase its advertising revenue and to retain [its growth] going forward.

.... It appears on the balance sheet of RTÉ, and the appropriate controls are in place regarding oversight and spend.

That is simply not true. It is in fact a lie because the barter account was used to funnel secret top-up payments to Ryan Tubridy. It used the barter account to raise false invoices under the heading of consultancy fees.