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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Okay. Did RTÉ contractors have to make declarations of incomes or interests? I have asked a lot of parliamentary questions about influencers across various Departments, and you can see influencer appearances and posting things on social media. Do contractors have to make declarations? I would have thought that is something, which would make all of this transparent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: With the remuneration committee, would you have been aware that there was pressure from an agent? Do RTÉ deal with many agents in terms of staff? Is it a handful?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Okay, so the remuneration committee deals with the agent. It does not deal directly. The agent will deal with the substance of what is to be paid, in the context of what is available and so on. Who deals directly with the agent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Only the CFO.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: The CFO would have had discussions with Noel Kelly about Ryan Tubridy. He would have been the primary person dealing with it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Both of those would have had discussions. It was not exclusively the director general who would have had discussions. She said she would have led the discussions-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Would they have been sidelined on this particular occasion? Would the chief financial officer and the director of content have been sidelined on this occasion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, but if somebody had a job to do and then somebody else was doing their job, you would expect they would be pretty annoyed that they were not allowed to do their job. Were people sidelined on this in the context of the negotiations with Noel Kelly? If they were involved, they knew they would not have been-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: If you are going to pay something you have to have the amount in your account in order that you can actually make an offer and pay. They would have been aware that there would have been a difficulty with making an additional payment, presumably.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: But it appears there was substantial pressure on from the agent to conclude this agreement, and €75,000 was underwritten.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: That amount would not have been earmarked on the account.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Would it not have-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: I know it went through the barter account there was nothing-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: The chief financial officer knew there would not have been the money to pay this. It had not come in through the remuneration committee. It had not been agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: Okay.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will purchase a plot of land (details supplied) in Sallins, County Kildare, in order to future-proof plans to expand a school property. [31750/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (29 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: 335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of locations in Kildare that offer a drop-in service where a community welfare officer would be available to discuss a case or application with a client; the location of these clinics; the number of drop-in centres offering this service over each of the past five years, by town in Kildare, in tabular form; and if...
- Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: It keeps happening. We keep on getting confused.
- Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)
Catherine Murphy: I know. I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the promotion. I ask the Minister of State where this came from. We cannot be-----