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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: No, Chair, I am not agreeing to that. What I am saying is we need to address the fact we are being corresponded with by an outside person via text message.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Based on correspondence-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: In the context of what we are going to discuss this afternoon, I want to come back to Breda O'Keeffe's exit package. A process was in place for someone taking a voluntary redundancy programme package. The process is that that package would have be sanctioned or agreed by the executive. That process did not happen.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Lynch stated earlier that he did not sign off on it. He was part of the executive, was he not?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Does RTÉ have a contractual obligation to Mr. Tubridy at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: That calls for negotiation. Does RTÉ have a contractual obligation to Mr. Tubridy?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: That is vague in the context of what we are going to discuss in the afternoon. Is that a "Yes" or a "No"?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Absolutely, only for him. Like new members, how are you? All of the secretariat but, in particular, the members, will miss Shane. Katherine has big shoes to fill but I wish her the best of luck.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: He is flying now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: I felt, based on the report and soundings that there will be a significant announcement of funding from the Department of Transport, that we have to look more seriously at how projects will be funded, given the waste that was recorded in our report. We should be asking NewERA to look at projects before moneys are sanctioned to ensure they are viable. Members should have a chance to read the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: The proposal was made after the report when it should have been before the report. We could have discussed it then. However, I am sure members want to move on, so I have no difficulties with noting and publishing the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Yes. I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: That is what I mean by going through NewERA first to determine if the projects are viable in the first place and to ensure there is some oversight of them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Are you rescheduling, a Chathaoirligh?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Do we have RTÉ on 5 October?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Not according to what we can see.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: That is no problem at all.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Should we swap them around?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: I am aware of that. I do not need that clarified and I do not think anybody else does.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (12 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is the Bill opposed?