Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
No. It gives timelines in respect of when the director general was formally suspended, when the Department was notified and how the Minister was notified, which it states was via a phone call from the chair of the board. It also includes the date that the former director general formally resigned, which was 29 June. There is a reply there regarding payments to Ryan Tubridy. We asked when that was brought to the attention of the Department. Ms Katherine Licken, the Secretary General, has stated that in late March, the Department was informed by the chair of the RTÉ board by telephone. The matter had arisen on foot of an annual account of 2022. She outlines what happened then. We can see it in the letter.
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