Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I referenced those organisations to highlight the inconsistency of approach. The outrageous scandal in RTÉ brought this to the public's attention. How do we know there are not any other RTÉs? A small commercial operation is used to hide from public accountability. The current system, whereby oversight is conducted by the board of RTÉ by commissioning the audit of accounts, is clearly unsatisfactory. Too many private auditors are not revealing layers of dysfunction and lack of proper governance. They are hired directly by the organisation they are supposed to audit. It is an endemic problem in the private sector. Have we learned nothing from Anglo Irish Bank, Carillion and others, who received a clean bill of health from auditors? It is the public, at the end of the day, that ends up paying the price for this. This Government has the power to legislate so that the State auditor can act either annually or as the office deems necessary. This could be done easily by amending the Broadcasting Act of 2009.

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