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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am going to deal with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Hold on a second. I am asking the questions. On the email, Mr. Lynch raised this and spoke to it. Will he outline for the meeting the significance of what he is saying about this matter? Will he repeat that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Sorry, no. Everyone gets their turn for questioning. There will be a second round. The email refers to the online discussion. Who is she referring to there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Who is Geraldine O'Leary referring to? Were there other people on that call who Mr. Lynch can identify or is it just the unnamed member of staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. Thank you. On the invoices, why were they listed as for consultancy when Mr. Kelly knew that was not the case? Will the CFO provide a brief answer, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Page 15 of the Grant Thornton report states: "The Talent’s Agent has also advised me that they have identified a substantial number of invoices on behalf of various other clients where the term 'Consultancy Fees' is used". Was Mr. Kelly talking about other invoices regarding his clients with RTÉ? What does Mr. Collins think he is referring to there? That is what Mr. Kelly told...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Can Mr. Lynch shed any light on this? It refers to a substantial number of invoices.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: We are given to believe that this was the only time. Noel Kelly, in fairness to him, came before us voluntarily. He co-operated with the Grant Thornton report. He said he advised Grant Thornton that he "identified a substantial number of invoices on behalf of various other clients where the term 'Consultancy Fees' is used particularly in the context of commercial dealings with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: This is in regard to the Grant Thornton investigation into RTÉ's accounts. It is item No. 234 in the report. That is what Mr. Kelly said. It is here in black and white.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. Mr. Bakhurst has come in and a new broom sweeps clean. He has made some significant changes in the early days. I acknowledge that. All these processes are going on and there are committee hearings and everything else. I understand that he is literally hitting the ground racing, never mind running. I understand that. In relation to this matter, however, can he confirm that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Can they now be looked at and will Mr. Bakhurst report back to the committee on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. Can RTÉ confirm whether Noel Kelly had previously used Astus? That is the London-based company.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: So he has used it once.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Noel Kelly and Mr. Tubridy stated on Tuesday that they did not know until this week that the €275,000 payments for 2021 and 2022 were from RTÉ. They said that until this week they believed that Renault paid them. Would that have been the case that they would not have known until this week? What do you think?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: They believed Renault paid him. That is what they said. I do not want to quote them exactly but that is the gist of what they said. They said they believed that was the case until this week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: We would like clarification and to see receipts of what Mr. Kelly is referring to. If Mr. Kelly is looking in I suggest that it would be helpful if correspondence could be sent to him by RTÉ asking him which invoices and which presenters or talent he was referring to there because a substantial number are referred to in the Grant Thornton report. That would be helpful. We are going...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I invite Mr. Lynch to come in briefly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Brady.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I have to say that would be a very interesting meeting to try to chair. I call Deputy Verona Murphy.