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Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Let us take a break.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Was the topic of Grant Thornton brought up Mr. Kelly?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: I do not mean to cut Mr. Kelly off, but is he categorically stating that there was a discussion?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Okay. I thank Mr. Kelly. It seems a bit odd that they would have been having that discussion given Mr. Tubridy's resignation. Was it just for the remaining shows?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Was Mr. Tubridy at that meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Okay, so it had nothing to do with it, as Mr. Kelly was categorically saying. There was no discussion.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: You will have watched all the previous engagements. For a start, I would like to say you are welcome here.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is nice you came without having to be compelled.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is not that anybody knows how to address you because everybody feels they know you, so-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is like when you call me "Deputy". We can leave all that aside as it is superfluous. The reality is that Mr. Tubridy will have seen Adrian Lynch, the interim director general, say it was possible that Mr. Tubridy did know about this prior to his announcement.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is it Mr. Tubridy's view that Mr. Lynch threw him under the bus with that connotation?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Okay. I will move to Mr. Tubridy's statement. He has outlined seven untruths. To be fair, he has come here to give his side of the story. As Deputies, we need to hear both sides and find the truth in between. Mr. Tubridy has outlined seven untruths in his statement. My question is perhaps for Mr. Kelly too. Is it the view of the two gentlemen that those untruths were intended to...

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: But is it Mr. Tubridy's view that those untruths were intended to deceive?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: In Mr. Kelly's case, at some point Mr. Collins was asked why he did not ask questions about the invoices being raised with "consultancy fees" as the description. I do not want to misquote, but the intimation was that he was aware that Mr. Kelly and Dee Forbes had a particularly close relationship-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: -----but that is not what Mr. Kelly said earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: In Mr. Kelly's view, why would Mr. Collins be of that opinion-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: -----or why would he express it in that way?

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is it Mr. Kelly's view that Mr. Collins intended to deceive this committee?