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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: 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?
- 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: Who of the executive board negotiated the deal with Mr. Kielty?
- 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 Mr. Collins made the board or just the chair of the board aware of what the deal is?
- 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: Is the chair satisfied with the 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: It was touched on earlier. When will that deal be made public? It is in the public interest for the future of "The Late Late Show" as an entity to know what that deal comprises of. When will it be made public? Mr. Lynch is the interim deputy director general.
- 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 sure RTÉ can have a conversation with the other party tomorrow. How soon can RTÉ make this committee and the public aware of what that deal comprises of? I heard Mr. Kielty's response yesterday. He is not here to answer, but it was far from satisfactory. I am asking the witnesses as the people who negotiated that deal, when will they make this committee aware, assuming that...
- 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: How soon will it meet?
- 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: All going well, there is no reason this committee cannot be fully informed about this as early as Friday evening or Monday morning at the latest. Is that a fair assumption?
- 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 are agreeing to that, assuming that everyone goes along with it. If someone is not in agreement, I ask RTÉ to inform the committee of that. I find it extraordinary - perhaps there is more to go on this - that nobody from the executive present, and we have not had the opportunity to go through each of them, can answer the straightforward question of how many of RTÉ's talent...
- 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: No. I am asking broadly in RTÉ. Surely someone knows how many of the stars are negotiated on behalf of by NKM.
- 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: Mr. Coveney is head of strategy. Surely he should know or have an idea about it. Surely it comes up at executive meetings. He is obviously a big player within RTÉ. Perhaps he cannot answer the question. If he cannot that is fine.
- 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: Does the CFO know?
- 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: No, I want to go much broader than that. I call Ms Geraldine O'Leary.
- 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: But we do not know. Mr. Lynch does not know either.
- 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: In its entirety.