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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I want to say that from what came from that, there was not that much transparency. It is highly disappointing, and it is highly damaging for RTÉ as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I have to take you up on that. I completely disagree. The email chain that was given to us by Noel Kelly Management and Mr. Tubridy clearly shows a huge paper trail. I am at the point now where I do not know what to believe anymore, but what we do know is that there are files of information that are on paper and there is an email trail. Everything needs to be released – everything.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Why were they not released earlier? Mr. Tubridy did so when he was coming into the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I want to be clear. Ryan Tubridy made enormous mistakes, in my opinion, and I challenged him on that. However, I am conscious that there were two presenters within RTÉ whose reputations took a very significant battering during the week because of what Ms Mullooly just said regarding the releasing of information. Responsibility is important and, from a legal perspective, I know Ms...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: It is not a soundbite; it is the truth.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: It is not a soundbite.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: It is very clear to any person who has been any way honest that what we have received for the past number of weeks has been a significant drip-feed - unfortunately, it has.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I just want to finish up because my time is out. I refer to the internal audit reports. We were given commitments last week that they would be done. It sounded as if it was going to be done overnight. I cannot understand what the blockages for us getting our hands on those are.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: The internal audit report is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: It is a finished, finalised report. It looks something like this if it is printed in a book.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Can we just not get a copy of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: She has never appeared before this committee. She appeared before the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media but not the Committee of Public Accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: The first point I want to take up is with regard to what was said last Thursday in relation to the internal audit department. I will address this to Mr. Collins and Mr. Lynch. Am I right in saying there were two people? That is extraordinary for an organisation with 1,600 people. I wish I was putting this point to Ms Dee Forbes but she is not here for obvious reasons. Two people are not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I am not finished. The staff in RTÉ are trying to figure that out as well. It has to have come from some type of structure that was totally and utterly inadequate, inappropriate and negligent in the highest order. I have to come back to Mr. Bakhurst again. He was assistant director general of RTÉ at one point. How can anyone stand over this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: The fact the audit and risk committee only had two people on it. Was only one of them a qualified accountant?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: What is their-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: I do not want names, but what does the other person do?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: What does that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: Is that person in the accounting department? Is it Dustin the Turkey?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)
James O'Connor: What did they report? Did they identify anything?