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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Did not cop? Did Mr. Collins ask?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Mr. Collins was asked to sign off on-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Mr. Collins was copied on an email.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Was Mr. Collins asleep at the wheel?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: It appears Mr. Collins was asleep at the wheel on several fronts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: A final point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: It is very clear that the guarantee kicked in from year one of the contract, not, as we were told, only in years two and three. In year one, RTÉ paid €75,000. RTÉ was propping up; essentially the guarantee was there from year one, contrary to what was stated by Ms O'Leary, that she was not aware of any guarantee to underpin-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I wish to go back to a statement Mr. Collins made earlier in relation to the agreement that was in place with Mr. Tubridy. He spoke about the concealment and the deception. He also made a statement where he described the taxpayer as being defrauded.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Okay. Mr. Collins stated that the taxpayer was defrauded, so that is a very serious-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Okay, in his opinion. Has Mr. Collins spoken to An Garda Síochána and made a statement about that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Does Mr. Collins intend on making a statement to the Garda? Defrauding is a serious offence. It is unlawful, and that is a statement that Mr. Collins has made. On that basis, will he speak to the Garda?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I think Mr. Collins should because he made a very bold statement. The barter account was set up in 2014. We also have the former director of commercial for RTÉ online - Mr. Willie O'Reilly. Was he the director that the time when that account was set up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Mr. O'Reilly was the former director of commercial. Was he responsible for the establishment of the barter account?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. Is it correct that Ms Geraldine O'Leary took over the position in 2019?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: The account in place at that stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: We have heard some of the grotesque expenditures, some of which are headline figures, I imagine. There was media reporting of the trip to Tokyo at the time. I think it was in the Mail on Sunday. Can Ms O'Leary repeat for us again how much that particular trip cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I think Mr. Collins made reference to it earlier on. It was in the region of €111,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: That media report, dated 22 September 2019, said that there were six people on that trip. Ms O'Leary was one of those six.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: That was more than €18,500 per head for that trip, doing simple maths.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Okay, but it is still an extraordinary amount. That report was published in 2019. The former chair of the RTÉ board, Ms Moya Doherty, stated that she had no knowledge of the barter account. I am sure when this was rightly picked up by the media back in 2019, it was a topic of conversation at the board. Was it?