Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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There are a number of matters to cover in the correspondence, given RTÉ's lack of familiarity with subjects under its remit on the day its representatives appeared before the committee. Judging by the correspondence we have received, it seems to be stonewalling us in every regard.

On the costs of the Eversheds Sutherland report, in response to parliamentary questions Departments regularly publish tables of reports they have commissioned and the associated costs. That is nothing new. There was an entire segment about this on "Today with Claire Byrne" just a few weeks ago. Does the Comptroller and Auditor General believe there is anything particularly sensitive from a procurement perspective that prohibits RTÉ from disclosing the sums spent on this report?