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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: -----was giving RTÉ advice.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: In what capacity?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: Mr. Collins is being a bit vague.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: I just want Mr. Collins to explain that because Noel Kelly was advising RTÉ on how to deal with agents during Covid-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: And he was getting a €75,000 fee for that. What advice did he give?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: Oh, right, so Mr. Collins did not ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: Hold on, sorry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: It is not Mr. Collins but I who am confused.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: No, it is myself who is confused. Mr. Collins is the chief finance officer and there are two payments of €75,000. Deloitte flagged concerns about these with him. He spoke to the director general and she said the payments related to Noel Kelly giving advice about agents during Covid. We will hear the detail on what exactly that entailed. Mr. Collins thought, "Okay, that is worth...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: So, what was the advice? What did Mr. Collins learn from the €150,000-worth that he thought-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: It was not value for money, then, if he cannot remember it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: How did Mr. Collins relay that to Deloitte?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: By email or-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: Verbally, right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: I would say so.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: I would imagine so. Mr. Collins is saying that, at the beginning of March, he knew nothing about the fact that these were top-up payments. He knew Noel Kelly was involved in some way but did not question it enough. He took the story that the director general told him, namely that there were consultancy fees to Noel Kelly because he was giving RTÉ advice on how to manage agents during...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: What was it, then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: Ah, come on. Mr. Collins gave the nod for €150,000 and he cannot remember it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: But he did not ask questions as finance officer about value for money or oversight. If it was not about agents, what was it about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
Imelda Munster: Could Mr. Collins give just one sentence about what that entails? Was it that the executive board did not have the knowledge or expertise about-----