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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Where and how was this discussed and in what format?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have so many questions, but I am going to have to cut to this one. The last time the witnesses appeared before this committee I asked about cards attached to the barter account. I was told that there were no cards attached to the barter account in any way, shape or form. I understand how payments could be made by way of invoice. We have seen that. We have seen the invoices exchanged....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It did not apply in this case. Marco Pierre White's restaurant has clarified that it did not raise an invoice.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have been told here that it is a barter account and it is not a slush fund. The more we hear about it, the more it sounds like money down the back of the couch, and the more it sounds like a slush fund. At the last meeting Ms Mullooly attended, she clarified that she was the secretary for the remuneration committee. It did not meet in 2020 at all.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It says in the terms of reference that, where necessary, "Meetings may be held by telephone or other suitable electronic means whereby all the members of the committee can hear and be heard". We were told that it was a Covid year. It was a Covid year; we were all online. It says specifically within the terms of reference that they could do it online. Why was this not convened in 2020?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It only met once in 2021. It is supposed to meet twice a year under the terms of reference. I have an additional worry. I went looking for the terms of reference today. It is dated 1 June 2017 but when one looks at the address bar to look for the uploads on the RTÉ website, the address bar dates it as July 2023. Why was that only uploaded in July 2023 and were there any changes made...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Tá an oiread sin ceisteanna agam ach ba mhaith liom casadh go dtí ceist na Gaeilge agus ceist todhchaí na Gaeilge maidir leis an gcraoltóireacht. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an cathaoirleach tiomanta don Ghaeilge. Cuirfidh mé ceist faoin athbhreithniú a rinne Willis Towers Watson. Mr. Bakhurst, there is a review in place to consider the remuneration of...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Céard é dearcadh an chathaoirligh ar an gceist chéanna, is í sin, ceist maoinithe do chláir Ghaeilge agus do láithreoirí?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: One of the frustrations here is that there were structures that should have caught this but that, as Deputy O'Connor drew attention to, they were under-resourced. There was a risk committee comprising two members over an organisation of such size generating such revenues. There was also the remuneration and management development committee. If these were properly resourced, they would have...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: How many times did it meet in 2022?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has it met in 2023?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: How many times?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is supposed to be a minimum of three people on RemCo. How many people are on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is at least populated to the minimum level. On the business of exit packages, I am looking at the duties of RemCo and section 4(b) of its terms of reference say that one such duty is "Consulting with the Director-General in relation to the remuneration package of executive management". Should this have caught the voluntary exit package issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will direct my next question to the director general and the chairperson. Can we please, for the love of God, make sure that RemCo meets twice a year at a minimum and that it is properly resourced? Can we please also have a look at the size of the audit and risk committee? In fairness to Anne O'Leary, she came across these two problematic invoices on St. Patrick's Day and reported up the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The point still stands with regard to an organisation of this size. Will RTÉ give a commitment here and now that these structures, which should have caught all of this carry-on, will be properly resourced from here on out?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: With regard to future governance, I had hoped there would be a future focus today. I will go back to the issue of the register of interests, which is something Mr. Bakhurst has committed to. As I have said before, there is clear blue water between the programmes and ad breaks. People understand that ads are paid for. That is quite different from commercial sponsorship and very different...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: But people sell porridge and car ads as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Chair. I have a couple of reasonably straightforward questions. I think we all forget that 2022 was a Covid-19 pandemic year, and about the impact there was on capital projects. We kind of wiped the memory banks on that. I wanted to ask about the walks scheme in particular, and the uptake. Any reaction I am getting from it on the ground is really positive. The landowners...