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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Just to make it clear that this is the Deputy's own view-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I accept the Deputy's point but we will have a private session and we will encompass-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Can I speak?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: We will have a private session at the end of this and articulate the views of the committee concluding this hearing today. I just want to make that point that these are the Deputy's own personal views.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Just to wrap up.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Okay, I am going to stop Mr. Coveney there, as I need to come back to members. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan has ten minutes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I am mindful that I said we would have a five-minute sos to give everyone an opportunity to get a mouthful of water or whatever else is required. Would it be okay to do this now? Does Deputy Dillon mind if we take our five minutes now and give everybody an opportunity to leave the room, go to the ladies or do whatever they need to? No. We will resume at 3.05 p.m.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Dillon has ten minutes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Brady, I have to ask you to conclude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Thank you Deputy.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Brady, I have to ask you to conclude.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I am moving on now.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Deputy Brady, please. I have given you as much latitude as possible.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Thirty seconds left.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I must ask Deputy Griffin to conclude now.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: I thank the witnesses for being here. I find some of the answers bizarre to be frank. The clear agenda for today is the secret payments, how they came about, how they were covered up and how this committee and the Government were deceived with regard to those payments. I am mindful of the fact that in the past three years this committee has done a huge amount of work on funding the...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Can anyone present from the executive enlighten us about that contract and that deal?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Niamh Smyth: Has the board sight of the make-up of that deal?