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Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: That is what I am talking about. The tripartite deal where the two-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: RTÉ had underwritten that agreement and it was paying it. My question to Mr. Tubridy was-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: But RTÉ paid Renault and then the two €75,000 payments-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: I am talking about the two €75,000 payments. We have just discussed it so there is no way the witnesses do not know about the two €75,000 payments that Mr. Kelly was asked not to put any person's name on. They were-----

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: -----underwritten, as has been said, at his request.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: Yes, it is being directed at Mr. Tubridy.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: No, and that is fair enough, and likewise. However, I am asking Mr. Tubridy again on that. He said that child poverty haunts him, and that is perfectly understandable.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: Of course. However, where does that tally with the fact that Mr. Tubridy knew that two payments were going through for €75,000? The tripartite agreement was struck. He knew those payments were for himself as part of that tripartite agreement but he would have also known that RTÉ had agreed to underwrite that agreement. Therefore, in fact it was the taxpayers, the licence fee...

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: No. We are talking about the second and third one.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: With all respect, no.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: No, there is no misunderstanding. We have sat through three weeks of it, in all fairness.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: There is no misunderstanding from our side.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: There is no misunderstanding. We are talking about the two €75,000 payments. If Mr. Tubridy prefers not to answer, that is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Tubridy received €345,000 extra in payments that was underwritten by RTÉ, so the taxpayer paid.

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

Imelda Munster: I welcome the witnesses, arís.

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

Imelda Munster: I want to start by saying that I would much prefer to be focusing on the abysmal lack of corporate governance in RTÉ. However, the witnesses asked to come here to put their side on the record, and answer questions. I will start with Mr. Tubridy. He sat through three hours this morning, followed by a one hour break. On reflection, does he accept, as another Deputy suggested, that 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)

Imelda Munster: That is fair enough, but in reality, which is why I said that, RTÉ footed that bill through the public purse. It had no business underwriting a separate commercial deal. They actually paid the €375,000 payments.