Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is nothing complicated about it for every citizen and every small business. Nothing. They have to pay their dues and their tax has to be collected. RTÉ had shoddy deals with private contractors and that has been going on for decades.

Deloitte’s annual inspection of RTÉ’s books was mentioned by our witnesses and it includes an evaluation of internal controls under the code of practice for governance of State bodies. Now, internal files show that the auditor expressed no concern whatsoever about RTÉ’s controls when meeting a key committee of its board three months before the scandal broke last year. There was no concept. It is a cosy cartel RTÉ has there and it reappointed Deloitte. I quote from the firm where it stated that “no significant control deficiencies have been noted” in RTÉ’s minutes of Deloitte’s presentation of the 2022 audit to the audit and risk committee, ARC, on 21 March. That is the auditors firm which RTÉ has reappointed again.