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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)
Shane Cassells: Mr. Kelly says it is a totally separate agreement but it is always part of the discussion.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Mr. Kelly is categorising it as a separate agreement but, ultimately, it is cumulative pay-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: -----and it was put on the table to make sure that there was a signature on the table. What other deals were on the table at Christmas 2019? Were there offers from Newstalk, Virgin or BBC that Mr. Tubridy's agent said were possible to look at as well?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: That is fine. My experience regarding agents in the past as a sports journalist is that football players have agents that negotiate with clubs. Do not tell me that they do not know what is being put into their contract or what club they would go to. Similarly, the same applies to Mr. Tubridy in terms of whether stations were vying for him. The man was not not talking to him
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Was there a scenario where, in Christmas 2019, Newstalk, Virgin or BBC was looking for Mr. Tubridy? Mr. Kelly would have told Mr. Tubridy. Did he?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: I know. And Mr. Tubridy is the man who would eventually be put on the show, so it is a fair question.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Excuse me. It is fair to put it to Mr. Tubridy. Had his agent informed him of any potential offers from other parties in the media sphere?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Were there, Mr. Kelly?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: So Mr. Kelly was not throwing that into the equation.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Okay. We will move on.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: I am just finding it hard because Mr. Tubridy said this morning at the Committee of Public Accounts that he does his job and Mr. Kelly does his job. I am just still figuring that you still read the agreement when you sign it. Looking at this, over the time Mr. Tubridy has worked for "The Late Late Show", I have worked it out roughly that he earned €8 million from that. Why in God's...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Yes but why? Why was there a need for RTÉ to throw it on the table? Why?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: Was Mr. Kelly sitting there going "Ryan, look. They are coming with €75,000 extra"? Mr. Kelly keeps saying that it was RTÉ coming with this and that he was not looking for it. However, I am struggling hard to believe that when Adrian Lynch said that negotiations were stalled, they came with a bounty.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: And you-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: You can.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: That is fine. That is Mr. Kelly's narrative and he has held the line.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: That is fine. Mr. Kelly has held that narrative and line all day. Adrian Lynch said the negotiations were stalled and when this was put on the table, it progressed things on. I will put this to Mr. Tubridy. In here, Ministers blaming officials and turning to their officials does not wash because the buck stops with them and they resign if there is a cock up. In The Irish Timeslast week,...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: I am asking why it was necessary for the add-ons. Was the basic pay of €440,000 not enough?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: I am asking Mr. Tubridy directly and I am entitled to ask the man himself.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Shane Cassells: With the height of respect, there has been much latitude, Chair. I ask Mr. Tubridy, respectfully. Was €440,000 not enough? Did he not say to Mr. Kelly, "I don't need the extra €75,000"? The licence fee is €160.