Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 November 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Earlier, Ms Licken said the Department was more than satisfied that there was good governance in place. She said she was aware that RTÉ has made a settlement. I do not think anyone in the country is not aware because it was splattered all over the papers. I am astounded at what Ms Licken said when she knew full well that broadcasting staff and corporate governance staff in the Department knew all that was going on. The unions have been speaking about this pay disparity for 20 years and no one in the Department, even Ms Licken coming before the Committee of Public Accounts, has something to say other than that it predated the Department-----