Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The fact is that they were clearly raised with the description "consultancy fees". It is fair to say that I doubt anybody watching the previous session believed it when they saw that they were raised for consultancy fees, which they clearly were not for. We heard that these particular invoices were raised under CMS Marketing as opposed to NK Management, which would be usual. People are incredibly sceptical and very questioning. They have serious doubts as to whether Mr. Kelly did not knowingly conceal these payments and that he did not work with RTÉ in knowingly concealing the fact that these payments were coming from RTÉ. Can Mr. Kelly respond to that? That is the mood out there.
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