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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Was accommodation involved in that particular arrangement or was it just meeting rooms?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: No accommodation was ever involved then.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Can a copy of the board’s self-evaluation papers be furnished to the committee?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: It is gone a few minutes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: What I am hearing as well is the auditors missed this. I heard the implication the auditors somehow missed this. Ms O'Keeffe put it in there and they did not see it. That is what I just heard in this discussion. It was an excellent line of questioning from Deputy Dillon, but that is what I took from that conversation. Would our guests like to elaborate on that, because that may be what...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Deputy Boyd Barrett has been here since 1.30 p.m., so the Deputy has the floor.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: The Deputy should be brief.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I am conscious that we have now been here for five hours and that there are about four - there may be others - who will return and who will want to ask questions. I propose that we keep the questions fairly short in light of the length of time we have been here. Does people need a break or do they want to keep running to the end? If anyone wants or needs a break, they should be allowed to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I remind the witnesses that we are looking for copies of the remuneration committee minutes going back to 2017. We are looking for details on the movie show pitch, the contract that was entered into around that and the car allowance details – as much as possible about who has what. I ask the chair of the audit and risk committee why the recommendation was that Dee Forbes’s...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: We asked a number of rapid-fire questions and they are-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: We cannot ask all the questions again.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I asked, in regard to Dee Forbes, why the recommendation was to seek resignation rather than dismissal.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: There is no payment being made. Is that correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Mr. Tubridy and Mr. Kelly for volunteering to come in. It is important that is stressed because Mr. Tubridy's appearance in particular is forming a part of trying to rebuild confidence in the national broadcaster. For many people Mr. Tubridy personifies RTÉ. When Mr. Tubridy was finishing up on "The Late Late Show" there was a massive outpouring of appreciation for the job...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Would there be executives afraid of Mr Kelly?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Did Mr. Kelly ever threaten to sue RTÉ in the past?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Were there ever any discussions surrounding "Operation Transformation"?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: And did Mr. Kelly subsequently threaten them with legal action?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Did Mr. Kelly not threaten to sue them?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Griffin: How did Mr. Kelly settle the issue with RTÉ? How did it finish?