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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Of Hamas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I welcome our witnesses. My first question is for Mr. Bakhurst. Many questions have been asked about the agreement and indeed the McCann FitzGerald report. Can I just get clarity? As far as I am aware there are reports by Mazars, Grant Thornton and McCann FitzGerald. Are all the big firms employed now by RTÉ for reviews? How many are under way?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Just those?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: The expert overview, okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Were the Mazars, Grant Thornton and McCann FitzGerald reviews initiated by RTÉ directly or did the Department initiate them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Does Mr. Bakhurst have an estimate of how much these are going to cost RTÉ?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: A month?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Is that each?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: That is great value.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: RTÉ's financial position was discussed earlier. Going on the questioning from Deputy Colm Burke regarding the lack of oversight of the organisation and this whole mess, this is costing RTÉ thousands of euro per day just to investigate the problem. It will make findings, maybe, but it is still not getting RTÉ any closer to the reforms Mr. Bakhurst spoke to staff about...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Other issues will be identified in the reports which RTÉ will take action on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Can I just ask about the McCann FitzGerald report? We scheduled this meeting in advance of the summer hoping we would have it by now. I understand it is out of Mr. Bakhurst's hands but it is expected. Does he have an estimated time of when it is due to be complete?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: In terms of the exit packages themselves, I think it was Ms Cusack who responded earlier. Is it correct that the packages were in 2017 and 2021?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: There were obviously others that predate that but that is not within the scope of the review. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I am not looking for specific details on those particular two but in terms of the packages themselves, who would have signed off on them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Sorry, the which?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: The sign-off is one issue. On the creation of the packages, did the person who was leaving have an input into those packages? I mean any person generally, not one person in particular.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Would the individual leaving have been involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: On the 2021 package, was the individual involved in as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): Discussion (12 Oct 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Primarily but possibly.