Joanna Byrne (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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I welcome the witnesses. I am sure we all hoped representatives of RTÉ would not be here again in this Dáil term to discuss any more financial scandals, let alone so soon after the events of 2023 and 2024. Following those events, three reports were published by the previous Minister for the media, namely, a review of the governance and culture of RTÉ; a review of contractor fees, HR and other matters at RTÉ; and the examination of the books and records of accounts of RTÉ. There was also the report of the Committee of Public Accounts with its 21 recommendations, all of which were accepted last year. In light of those reports and the acceptance of their findings, does the €3.6 million write-off for an IT system, which was revealed this year, breach any of the new guidelines, protocols or accepted recommendations in any of the four reports?