Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Ryan Tubridy:

In reality, this was a fee to be paid at the end of the contract where I would make myself available at any stage during the contract to do additional, optional work for RTÉ. As it turned out, when that contract concluded in 2020 I was not called upon to deliver any of these additional pieces of work. Although I was entitled to payment for making myself available, I waived this entitlement. I did not issue any invoice on the basis that I did not want to be paid for work I did not do.