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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: That is perfect. On a question to the current chief financial officer, Mr. Collins, when did he bring the barter account onto the balance sheet? What year was that?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: In his evidence last week, when questioned, he said that in terms of 2022, about €330,000 went through the account, and in 2019, €500,000 went through it.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: In gross terms. That was a driving factor as to why Mr. Collins decided to-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Did Mr. Collins have a conversation with the director of commercial?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Obviously, Mr. Collins had concerns. Did he express those concerns in terms of what was a sizeable increase, given what the ex-CFO has said, in the expenditure on some of these junkets and the slush fund on which we have heard the evidence.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: But Mr. Collins obviously had concerns about the huge increase.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: In terms of the agreement being underwritten, Ms O’Keeffe said it was at the request of Mr. Noel Kelly that the agreement would be underwritten by RTÉ and she stated that she opposed that. Why did she oppose that?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: So Ms O’Keeffe was doing her job and she expressed those serious concerns regarding the potential risk if that agreement was underwritten by RTÉ.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: In terms of the handover from Ms O'Keeffe to the incoming chief financial officer, CFO, she has stated she briefed extensively in terms of the negotiations and where things were at. I imagine she would have relayed that critical element to Mr. Collins who was the incoming CFO, that there was an attempt or a suggestion it would be underwritten.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: I am conscious of the time here. Was Mr. Collins aware that there was a suggestion that this agreement would be underwritten?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Would you have expressed concerns or an opinion?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Mr. Lynch wants to come in there.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: I will come back because there are a few other questions.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: In fairness, the Cathaoirleach gave other Deputies a few minutes and I have had some interruption as well. I would appreciate it if I could come back.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Last week, when Mr. Coveney was asked around the figures for Toy Show The Musical, he said they were commercially sensitive. Now we have some of those figures which show there was a loss of €2.2 million. It seems they were more personally, than commercially, sensitive. Was the barter account used to specifically cover any costs associated with the "The Late Late Toy Show"?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: No costs whatsoever were covered. Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: However there were no costs whosoever covered by the barter account.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Last week, the CFO said that the taxpayer was potentially defrauded and that he would have to get advice as to whether he should speak to An Garda Síochána in relation to that very serious charge. Has Mr. Coveney taken the opportunity to get advice?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Mr. Collins made a very serious charge last week that in his view the taxpayer was potentially defrauded and he said he was going to get advice.