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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Go on.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Sorry-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. The contract mentioned one year as well. I read it very carefully.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: The email does state "...we have discussed [it] internally and the response below is our final position." I think that is significant. That is all I am going to say. Deputy Colm Burke has 15 minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will let you in in a minute. It would be useful if the chronology of events to which Mr. Lynch referred could be outlined in a document and provided to the committee, if possible.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: A significant statement was made though in the email of 20 February, that "this represents our final position." Deputy Colm Burke has 15 minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I do not have apologies from the secretariat. Hold on for one minute.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: We do have one for the correspondence meeting. Sorry, before we move on, we have received a response from Ms Breda O'Keeffe. I thought I read that out. Yes, I did. Ms Breda O'Keeffe, former CFO, declined to attend the meeting and Ms Moya Doherty has stated that they are not in a position to attend the meeting. I read that out. That was it. No other apologies have been received. Moving...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Pardon?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Sorry, the Clerk has clarified that there was.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Very briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will allow it. Very briefly, please. Mr. Bakhurst, do you wish to address that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: I have to proceed with the meeting. We are finishing at 2 p.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Burke has 15 minutes. We will break at 11.30 a.m. for 15 minutes. The meeting will conclude at 2 p.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Sorry. Hold on there for a second. Anybody who wants to come in, be it a committee member or a witness, please indicate to the Chair. Ms Ní Raghallaigh, do you wish to continue?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Continue.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Lynch is indicating that he wishes to come in briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Brian Stanley: Just to make the meeting aware, the secretariat has checked and it seems that we have not received the emails to which you referred, Mr. Lynch, or from which you read. No. 15 contains different emails.