Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the Chair. I welcome the witnesses although I fear it is a case of here we go again. As one of only two members who served on the last committee, I am familiar with many of the issues. During the previous Oireachtas, I asked Mr. Bakhurst whether there was anything else and he honestly answered at the time that he did not think so, to the best of his knowledge. However, we are obviously aware of the writedown on the ICT systems. I understand that writedown is of the order of €3.6 million and that was funded fully by RTÉ’s sale of land in 2017 which netted €107.5 million for RTÉ. Was there anything else out of that land sale that ended up being written down or written off? My concern, which was highlighted by The Currency, is that the problem with this came before the audit and risk committee on 20 April 2023 and then on 27 April 2023 it was brought to the attention of the board. Is this not something, given that we asked whether there was anything else? Surely this is something else and it is a very considerable sum of money?