Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

One of the things Mazars has been asked to look at is how the barter account was set up and the beginning of the barter account in 2012. I assume there was advice given at that point, but that will be part of what Mazars reports on. It is accepted by us, however, and that is why we changed it.

There was complete lack of oversight of the barter account, and that is why it is being brought in over finance and that is why it now only trades in air time and that is it.