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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: But for credit notes it was just signed off, right? It is not a great system, as one can appreciate.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It comes back to finance though does it not?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: With regard to the auditors, how long have they served as auditors for the organisation? How often would the organisation change auditors?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: How long had they served?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome Ms O'Leary. I will ask Ms O'Leary about the information we gained yesterday on when people found out about what, when and who. Ms O'Leary is head of the audit and risk committee. The revelation yesterday was that the information was found on 16 March. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: When did it come before the audit and risk committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: So you had a meeting on St. Patrick's Day did you?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I understand. How come it took those three months for the Grant Thornton report to be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is this March?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: That is why it took the three months.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: How often had the audit and risk committee been meeting then, up to this issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Was that ordinarily every second week?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Because of this there were these meetings. I understand

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Has Ms O'Leary been on the board since 2014? Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Has Ms O'Leary always been the head of the audit and risk committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Ms O'Leary got the short straw then. With regard to the change in culture, which was referred to in the opening statements, given the length of time she served on the board, in Ms O'Leary's time has she seen a change in culture in RTÉ in that period?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I know what is in it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: From 2014, and Ms O'Leary's time on the board, up to 2016, 2017, 2018, was there a change in culture? Obviously, Ms O'Leary was having meetings every couple of weeks on the audit and risk committee. Were there things that were being flagged more often or more regularly or had things changed?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: So this has come as a complete shock to Ms O'Leary.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Okay and I thank Ms O'Leary for that. At yesterday's Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, evidence was given that some RTÉ staff were given cars as brand ambassadors. Can Mr. Lynch speak to that?