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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) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: I refer to the invoice that was issued by CMS to RTÉ for consultancy service. Did Mr. Kelly personally see that invoice before it issued?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: Who is Brian?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: Okay. Mr. Kelly did not see the invoice.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: Did Mr. Kelly see it?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: So Mr. Kelly is saying in regard to this invoice that issued to RTÉ on behalf of CMS for consultancy services that he had no sight of that invoice before it issued to RTÉ.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: The instructions from who?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: I am asking the question a third time. With regard to the invoice that issued to RTÉ on behalf of CMS for consultancy services, did Mr. Kelly personally see it?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: Mr. Kelly cannot remember. How many years has the company Noel Kelly Management been issuing invoices to RTÉ for services rendered across all of its roster of clients?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: So CMS would have invoiced RTÉ in previous times for other services rendered.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: In the Grant Thornton report, the reporter or the person who compiled that audit says the following: “I met with the Talent’s Agent in relation to this Review.” Does Mr. Kelly recall that meeting?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: The report states that Mr. Kelly advised that: “The Talent’s Agent understood from this, that in a situation where the Commercial Brand relationship with RTÉ no longer existed or the Commercial Brand did not pay the €75,000 to the Talent that RTÉ would be obliged to step in and pay the Talent this sum.” Is that Mr. Kelly's recollection of the engagement...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: It is from the report that was submitted by Grant Thornton on the audit in respect of RTÉ.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: It is point 2.3, paragraph (g). It is a direct quote. I am reading directly from the auditor's report.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: Does Mr. Kelly see paragraph (g)?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: It states: “The Talent’s Agent understood from this, that in a situation where the Commercial Brand relationship with RTÉ no longer existed or the Commercial Brand did not pay the €75,000 to the Talent that RTÉ would be obliged to step in and pay the Talent this sum.”
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: But you required that RTÉ would.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: The bottom line is that Mr. Kelly, who was acting in his client's interests, in order to ensure that this €75,000 would be made for the whole period of the five-year term-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: No, it is not by Renault. You explicitly asked RTÉ-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: Why then did you require-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Ciarán Cannon: That is okay.