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)

Photo of Micheál CarrigyMicheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can read into that. The crux of this is trust among the public. To be honest, if the public is looking in here today, it has got worse. At the core of this lie the barter accounts. In the past half hour, the outgoing CFO has stated it was under her control. The new CFO, who took office in 2020, Mr. Collins, said it was not under the control of the CFO and that he brought it under his control. There was a period between January and March where there was a crossover of roles. I am sure that barter account had to have come up in the discussion over that period, whether it was under the control of the CFO or not. For anyone listening to this, trust has gone when the outgoing and new senior financial people are giving two versions.

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