Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Finally, I refer to Soho House, which is an interesting expenditure item on the list of many expenditure items. It is an exclusive private members’ club in London. I have no issue, and I am sure the licence payers of Galway East have no issue, with a credible return on investment. One can argue that every investment Ms O’Leary made in terms of attracting and retaining advertisers was perfectly legitimate if there was credible and perhaps accountable return on that investment. This one seems to be straying into the territory of finding it difficult to prove that. Who was responsible for purchasing the membership? How often was it used? Who was brought there? What deals were done there? Does RTÉ still avail of Soho House? What was the purpose of it?
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