David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I know, but I am not suggesting anything is wrong. I am suggesting we came across a problem in one area, and we know this is a practice in RTÉ. What I am saying is Mr. Griffin is the Accounting Officer, we know there were problems with this operation in other areas, and how do we know the same problem does not exist. It may or may not. In my view, all of these areas should be examined. There is scrutiny, at the moment, of tax avoidance and, in my view, that is what this is. It is legal, but it is a way of avoiding paying income tax. We have a duty to scrutinise what happens in every organisation funded by the taxpayer.

In terms of the €179 million, I would like a greater breakdown of what exactly the money is spent on. We are told in broad terms it is spent on the operations of the company. I would prefer to be able to scrutinise exactly where that €179 million goes and specifically how much is spent on payroll, how much is spent on programmes and how much is spent on administration. Does Mr. Griffin have this information?