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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)
Alan Dillon: I am conscious of time but I have a question for Ms Ní Raghallaigh, the chair of RTÉ. From the figures that were released last night it appears that ten people from the executive board oversaw all of this. These people take home in the region of €2.3 million collectively. Do Ms Ní Raghallaigh's board colleagues justify their annual salary at that level of around...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Has Ms Ní Raghallaigh asked her colleagues within RTÉ that they will not seek resignation because of the importance of the work that we have to do over the coming weeks on the internal and external reports, in order to fix the situation we are currently in?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: My final question to Mr. Coveney is about the impact of the financial losses of more than €2.2 million on Toy Show The Musical. What impact will this have on RTÉ's operations and programming for the upcoming fiscal year?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Mr. Coveney predicted €3.2 million in revenue yet ended up with a total revenue of €496,000. How did Mr. Coveney get the forecasting so wrong?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Were barter accounts in existence prior to Ms O'Keeffe joining RTÉ as chief financial officer, CFO?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Maybe I will rephrase it. Did Ms O'Keeffe implement barter accounts or were they previously in existence before she joined as CFO?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: We understand that, and that it is 1% of the overall trading income. Ms O'Keeffe was in control of the financial elements of it. The commercial department is over the operational element. It was off balance sheet during Ms O'Keeffe's time. Is that correct?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: We now know it was off balance sheet in terms of the return on the basis of what we have heard from the current CFO. Why was it off balance sheet? What checks and balances were done internally? Was it scrutinised by the routine auditors during Ms O'Keeffe's time as CFO?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Is Ms O'Keeffe-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Is Ms O'Keeffe a member of a professional accountancy body?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: So Ms O'Keeffe understands accountancy practices.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Ms O'Keeffe understands the need to record accurately income and expenditure.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Why were the barter accounts off balance sheet? Did the routine auditors have access to them? We have heard from the chairs-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: -----of both boards that they were not aware they were in existence.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: I am not asking for details. I am just asking for the process. When Ms O'Keeffe was actually the CFO of RTÉ how were the barter accounts managed? Again, I am not looking for transactions I am looking for-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: When Ms O'Keeffe handed over to her successor did she discuss the barter accounts with Mr. Collins?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Did Ms O'Keeffe not think that was a central issue in the financial controls relating to the commercial department?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: So Ms O'Keeffe is admitting that-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: So €300,000 that was trading through the barter account was insignificant for Ms O'Keeffe.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
Alan Dillon: Ms O'Leary talked about €150,000 traded through the barter account from 2012 to 2022. When Mr. Collins took over as CFO he outlined that the barter account was taking in excess of €500,000 into the barter account. Ms O'Keeffe never mentioned to Mr. Collins when she handed over her role as CFO that there were accounts that were off-balance sheet and which were done to support...