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- Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)
John Brady: Having participated in almost nine hours of committee meetings last week when Oireachtas Members questioned various RTÉ executives, I am disappointed at how little regarding what has happened or who is responsible has been unearthed, although what has been exposed at both the media committee and the Committee of Public Accounts has been absolutely shocking, to say the least. If I had a...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)
John Brady: We are seeing one of the biggest Israeli military build-ups in decades. Ten Palestinians have been killed in the past two days. The Government continues to provide legality to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories by allowing the continuing investment by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, in businesses listed on the UN database of businesses operating illegally in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)
John Brady: The register is accurate.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (4 Jul 2023)
John Brady: 79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on legislation that will transfer the registration and inspection functions for non-statutory children’s residential centres from Tusla to the chief inspector in HIQA, which is under consideration by the Government for over four years; if the necessary amendments will be included in...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (4 Jul 2023)
John Brady: 93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be support Tusla with the necessary capital investment required to achieve 50:50 public private children’s residential centre provision by 2025; if this investment will be part of Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32480/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: In the opening statement of the Chair of the RTÉ board, Ms Ní Raghallaigh stated it appeared to her that this was an act designed to deceive. That is the core point. Is that view shared by the entire board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Is that view shared by the executive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: That view is shared by the executive.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: The crux of the matter is who set out to deceive and whether it was an individual, as some would like to portray it, or whether it was a number of people who came together to deceive. I am not sure if we will get to the bottom of that at this meeting but it is the crux of the question. Returning to a point that was raised when the director of finance was asked when he was first approached...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Was that in writing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: At that point, Mr. Collins expressed that he did not have any concerns around Noel Kelly being given this type of consultancy work. That did not set off any alarm bells or raise any flags of concern for Mr. Collins.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: If he does not mind, for the record, how much is Mr. Collins paid as chief finance officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: This is extraordinary. It has taken over a minute to get a very basic answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: I thank Mr. Collins for that. He has wound down a lot of my time and I hope the Chair will note that. Mr. Collins is paid an extraordinary amount of money. Essentially he became a message boy for Dee Forbes, the director general. Rather than doing his specific role, he took a message directly from the director general, did not question it and brought it back to Deloitte. Is that what Mr....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Is it not Mr. Collins's role to discover untruths and get proper, truthful answers in relation to all financial matters?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: On the meeting on 7 March, Mr. Collins went back to Deloitte and Deloitte went back to the director general at that point with his understanding and Deloitte was unhappy with the response given at that point. Yesterday, Adrian Lynch, when asked a specific question about Ryan Tubridy's announcement on 16 March that he was stepping down from his role presenting "The Late Late Show", said there...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Ryan Tubridy could well have been informed by somebody that these concerns had been raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Did Mr. Collins have any conversations with Noel Kelly or Mr. Tubridy about this process?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Is anyone aware of any conversations or discussions that the director general may have had with the agent representing Mr. Tubridy or Mr. Tubridy himself?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)
John Brady: Okay. It would be reasonable to say that the process of uncovering these payments could well have influenced Ryan Tubridy’s decision to step down from his role presenting “The Late Late Show”.