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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Sorry, Chair. I do not need to hear this. I just asked one question. If Mr. Lynch wants to answer a question, here is one. Where has he documented an email where Noel Kelly was told that Renault is no longer paying this €75,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Hold on. The Grant Thornton report was only done, whereas Mr. Lynch, at the last meeting, said that Noel Kelly was fully aware that Renault was no longer paying. He mentioned an email. Where have we seen an email to Noel Kelly that states that RTÉ made him aware?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: To the left.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Sorry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Have we documentary evidence that RTÉ informed Noel Kelly that Renault was no longer going to be paying?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Sorry. That is not-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: We have not seen any evidence for this. That is what you are telling me. I have seen no email that says that the assertion up to now by RTÉ----- Who conceived the scheme?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Yes, I am.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: There is one thing we do know now, not to interrupt Mr. Lynch but what we do know-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Excuse me, to be fair I did not get a fair hearing there. Mr. lynch has run down the clock and I need to ask another question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: The reality here is that Mr. Lynch has made a statement but we know from the tone of the emails that we have seen documented by the previous witnesses. Ms Breda O'Keefe came in and gave the impression that absolutely everybody in RTÉ was opposed to underwriting the agreement. However that is not the evidence that we have on record and RTÉ has not counteracted that and neither does...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: It should be on the record that there is not an ounce of credibility to back up what either of these witnesses is saying.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: To whom did Geraldine O'Leary make it clear? That is the question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: I will ask Mr. Lynch to revert to something he said earlier. He said that it was belief from watching Noel Kelly's evidence that he believed that Renault was paying the invoices.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: But that is not your belief, is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Let me just read what Mr. Lynch said in his opening statement this morning. He said: "Moreover, we contend...". This is Mr. Lynch's statement, but he said "we". By "we", he means RTÉ. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Okay. So it states "we contend that the payments of €75,000 per year for the second and third year of the commercial contract were pursued by NK Management despite it knowing that the Renault contract was no longer in place."
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: So which is correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: No, what you have stated is that he knew. What you stated here is "despite it knowing that the Renault contract was no longer in place". Yet, Mr. Lynch states that from watching Mr. Kelly's evidence he firmly believed that Renault paid it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Verona Murphy: Let me just ask then in relation to what Mr. Lynch said about Ms O'Leary. The email that we have received in documented evidence of 29 April has been read into the record. It is to Geraldine O'Leary and it has been signed by a "J". Is that from Jim Jennings to Ms O'Leary?