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- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I thank our witnesses for their attendance this morning. Such is the issue surrounding this that Mr. Tubridy is right about people stopping him. Obviously, we are living in the same area and I know the high regard in which Mr. Tubridy is held and the respect people have for him, including kids who are wondering why the toy man is being in the news so much. That said, given the events...
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Just on-----
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Can I specifically ask Mr. Tubridy about what he has heard? Maybe Mr. Kelly would like to come in on this as well. I presume they watched all of the evidence that has been given to both Oireachtas committees over the last couple of weeks.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Even in Mr. Tubridy's statement, he referred to it as "a fog of confusion". To me, it is a cloud of confusion at this point because what he is saying now directly contradicts what this committee and others have been told over the past couple of weeks by certain individuals. That is extremely worrying, both from a parliamentary perspective but also from a fact and truthful perspective,...
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Is there any evidence? It is not that I doubt what Mr. Tubridy has said about when he made his decision-----
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: -----but, for clarity in terms of the public domain, is there is any correspondence predating-----
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: -----April or May? Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Is there anything between the two of them? It is not that I want it published but I just want to clear the record. Is there anything - text messages, emails or anything - that says that this is coming up?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: This is the statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I appreciate that. I know that is why you are here.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: In terms of the physical and oral statements made in the Houses of the Oireachtas, one of the inaccuracies that Mr. Tubridy has alluded to concerns the secret overpayment by RTÉ, which he said he challenged back in 2020. Was that challenge in writing?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: There are a lot of documents.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: It is in writing. That is all I wanted to establish.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: I also want to get a timeframe in terms of the negotiation of Mr. Tubridy's first contract. Did those negotiations start in 2014?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: The end of 2014. That contract ran to 2020 and then there were fresh negotiations around the contract.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: When did the negotiations start for the Renault contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Mr. Kelly can see where the cloud or fog of confusion arises when people say that the two contracts are running parallel and one had a 20% pay cut and the other had a supplement.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Briefly, please, because I am under time pressure.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Cormac Devlin: Try sitting where we are sitting.