Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Richard Collins:
I am not here to justify the barter account. I was not happy with it when I saw it first. I cannot speculate on why it was used. It looked like it was where expenses came up relating to the commercial division that had not been budgeted for. It was a way of absorbing those expenses without causing an overrun in the accounts.