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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) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Do you believe that is credible though, given it was €450,000? It is not every day that you would do that, that you would not have read the letter but then would have signed it.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: This was €450,000 and you signed that letter knowing it had not been approved by the board. You did it anyway.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Again, this was €450,000. Have you ever signed any other letters signing off on €450,000?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Do you think your position is credible, to be honest?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: I mean-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: This was €450,000.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Some people could only dream of that kind of money. It is lottery-type money.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: You described this as an "administrative oversight" to an Oireachtas committee. I think that is being very flippant with language.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Excuse me. I am sorry, Chair-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Sorry. I am questioning a witness here, if I may be allowed to continue, please. Ms Cusack described this as being an "administrative oversight" to an Oireachtas committee four hours ago.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Can RTÉ workers, people who are currently struggling to get their time spent and miscategorised as self-employed workers in the organisation rectified and regularised, have confidence in you to deal with their situations fairly given what has emerged here today?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Can they have confidence in you when you continued to muddy the water-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: -----when you referred to the 80 people within the remit of Eversheds report, when we are really talking about lots of people who were outside of that? Why do you continue to muddy the waters?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: You are sending some people down the legal route, that is, the Arthur Cox route. These people go back to the 1980s. You know you are doing that and the board needs to know this is happening and that this is not acceptable. This cannot continue. These are workers. These are some of the people behind the scenes and not the celebrities, mostly. These are the people behind the scenes who...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: If I can ask one last question-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Is it not normal practice in employment law that when a package such as that is being finalised, there is agreement that the organisation will not be sued subsequently and that any tax liabilities arising would be paid for by the person in receipt of the package? Was this the case for Breda O'Keeffe or will RTÉ and the taxpayer have to pick up any subsequent liabilities?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Who will pick up the legal bill now? Who will pick up the tax bill?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Who will pick the tax bill? Will it be the State, RTÉ or Breda O'Keeffe herself, for example?