Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed)
Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:
I do not accept many of the Deputy's premises. We are not on the verge of bankruptcy. I made that crystal clear. We are having to manage our cash extremely carefully but we are not on the verge of bankruptcy. I would not be able to run the organisation under my statutory responsibilities if I thought we were, and we are not. We have lost €21 million in licence fee payments, or are projected to by the end of the year, which is very disappointing. I am doing everything I-----
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