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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: A verbal agreement. So there was a-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: Okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: On that basis, it was deemed to be legally sound. There was commentary there from earlier on, I think it was Ms Geraldine O'Leary again, she said there was an urgency to raise the invoices based on this verbal agreement that was in place.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: A written version of it?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: Okay, so very unprofessional, very shady and very dodgy in my mind. Can I ask that a copy of the full five-year contract be furnished to the committee? Can the tripartite agreement be made public also?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: Any other side letters that might have been signed off on or attached might also be very useful. I have a couple of more questions if that is okay. Regarding the deal for €75,000 and the perceived obligations on Ryan Tubridy to engage in three different public events or commercial gigs, who made the decision or where was the decision taken for RTÉ to pay out €47,000 for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: That was the conversation but there was no written agreement around any of that, was there?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: A number of email correspondences?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: Okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: I presume all of those-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: Yes. Can I ask that that correspondence be also made public? I find it absolutely unbelievable and astonishing that without any agreements, side letters or any of that, the whole thing is extraordinary in the first instance. When we are dealing with an organisation that, on the face of it and publicly stating it was on its knees, we had people who were falsely being put on bogus...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: -----at a time when we need public service broadcasting more than ever-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: -----to challenge a lot of the untruths out there-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: -----and what has happened undermines that. We have an opportunity here to rectify it all but we need honesty.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: I thank the Chair.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

John Brady: In 2018, yes. Did Ms O'Leary's predecessor have sole access to it then at that stage?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

John Brady: I welcome all our witnesses. I wish to home in specifically on primary education and some of the challenges there. I will pick up on a point that Ms Duggan made in her opening statement. Over the past 12 months, there has been a significant and unprecedented increase in numbers presenting to or being referred to the service. Ms Murphy mentioned a figure in terms of unaccompanied minors...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

John Brady: Absolutely. The point was well made when Ms Murphy spoke about the capacity and resource issues that were there prior to this huge increase in unaccompanied minors who have been presenting. I wish to home in on primary schools. I spoke to a number of teachers over the past number of days to see what challenges they experience in dealing with traumatic experiences. Children are coming...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

John Brady: I will ask about SUSI grants, particularly for individuals with stamp 4 status who are being denied these grants because, essentially, there is a ban on them. A number of people have been in touch with me on this matter. One instance concerned a 19-year-old woman who was accepted into the first year of an international business course in Dublin City University, DCU. As she was on stamp 3,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jun 2023)

John Brady: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a transport application for a pupil (details supplied); when a decision will be made on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30890/23]