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)
Mr. Adrian Lynch:
As I explained last week, for editorial reasons Ryan Tubridy cannot be on the air at the moment. We have legal obligations, under the Broadcasting Act, in terms of our independence and impartiality.
In terms of Mr. Tubridy's contract, his contract, which was for radio and television services, ended at the end of May. There were negotiations going on about a radio contract. Those negotiations, as a result of all of this, were suspended. Currently, as we said, we are still paying Mr. Tubridy and there are certain elements of the contract that are in dispute with the agent.
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