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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)

Micheál Carrigy: In relation to being notified, Mr. Kelly was here last week and he mentioned other information with regard to the notification of RTÉ and the announcement. I think the dates Mr. Kelly gave to me were that RTÉ was notified on 13 March and it was announced on 16 March.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Adrian Lynch.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: There are emails with a list and he is going to provide us with those emails.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Can I have one minute? I apologise but I got held up with the train of thought in my questioning.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: On Toy Show The Musical,page 11 of the document pack mentions "The Late Late Show" live. The possibility of a live show was discussed. We met with people with regard to the musical. We thought it was a fantastic idea to create a musical here in Ireland, but the fact that Mr. Tubridy was not involved meant it was a loser from the beginning.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Why did Mr. Tubridy not want to get involved? The fact is that the two producers of that show, which lost €2.2 million, have been promoted since. My understanding is that one of them is a producer of "The Late Late Show".

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: In relation to "The Late Late Toy Show" fund-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: -----questions have been asked. Do 100% of the moneys raised in the "The Late Late Toy Show" appeal go to charities? Does none of it go to RTÉ?

Seanad: Broadcasting (Restriction of Salaries) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I will read a couple of comments from the Minister’s statement that are pertinent to the past two weeks we have had here. She stated: Public service broadcasting should be independent and have public interest at its core ... [But we] can only do so ... if it is open, truthful, transparent and accountable to the public. She also stated: Public service broadcasting is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Chair and wish everyone a good afternoon. Last week, Mr. Lynch said there was a possibility that Ryan Tubridy might have known about an issue with RTÉ accounts ahead of him announcing that he was retiring if one looks at the information. What information is Mr. Lynch referring to?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Mr. Lynch had an email prior to 17 March looking at potential candidates to replace Mr. Tubridy before he resigned.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Who sent Mr. Lynch the email?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Mr. Lynch might provide those emails, over and back, on that date which was prior to 17 March, if he could, as regards who instigated and who first put forward the idea that they needed to be looking at a list of replacement.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: That is fine. In relation to the current contract for Mr. Tubridy, as of today, where is it at and how long do we expect to see Mr. Oliver Callan presenting his show?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: In the previous conversation, Mr. Lynch was not prepared to give the name of the person with regard to the car. At what level within the organisation, executive level, board level, staff level or talent level, was the person who had that car for five years who returned it? I totally understand Mr. Lynch cannot give a person's name but it is justifiable for me to ask at what level within the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: There will be much speculation as to who that person is. If Mr. Lynch narrowed it down and gave us the role of that person, it would rule out many other people who are staff within the organisation. I again ask Mr. Lynch whether he can tell us whether it is a board member, executive, talent or staff.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I assume by that, there is a narrow group of people it did say what it was in. There is a very small group of people within that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I can read into that. The crux of this is trust among the public. To be honest, if the public is looking in here today, it has got worse. At the core of this lie the barter accounts. In the past half hour, the outgoing CFO has stated it was under her control. The new CFO, who took office in 2020, Mr. Collins, said it was not under the control of the CFO and that he brought it under his...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: Auditors have been mentioned. My understanding is an internal audit would have been carried out within the accounts. The role of that person is to be independent. At any stage over the years, was the fact it was not under the control of the CFO ever flagged as an issue, whether it was a high, medium or low risk? Was this ever highlighted at any stage by RTÉ's internal auditor or any...