Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is a fudge in regard to what it bears witness to, which is the release of a document where client privilege can be waived by Mr. Bakhurst. Now, I will ask again. I started this morning on the basis of Mr. Bakhurst's assertion that Mr. Tubridy had a moral obligation to repay the money. Everybody on this committee agrees with me. We represent the public. That is a fair percentage of what is being represented here today. There is a fair representation of public opinion here today. Everyone agrees that Mr. Bakhurst and RTÉ, as an organisation, refusing to waive legal privilege goes directly to its credibility when he says that he is trying to be transparent and doing everything he can. Has he reconsidered his position from this morning? Is he prepared to give the document to the committee before we have to compel it?

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