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
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I am not sure we have achieved what I had hoped we would achieve today, which is the staunching of the flow of blood, particularly in terms of the TV licence fee. I do not think anybody wants to see more damage inflicted on an organisation that we have all publicly said is so important in terms of its public service remit.
I have what is perhaps a niche question. I had a question at one of the previous meetings, and I do not know if it was Mr. Lynch or Mr. Collins who replied to me. I asked whether the treatment of the invoices was tax-compliant or not because there was, essentially, funny business around the invoices; they were paid in a different jurisdiction and the reason they were paid out is not what was said on the tin. I was told at the time that that was being looked into to establish whether there was any tax liability arising. Has that work been completed and are we tax-compliant?
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