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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: To be specific, Mr. Bakhurst, Deputy Gibney asked how much it cost for the cases RTÉ lost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I ask Mr. Bakhurst to come back to us on that before the meeting finishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Surely you can get the number right. It must be pretty obvious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is extraordinary that there is nobody in the whole organisation that would not have been aware of this level of issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Maybe that person should be put into a senior role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I have a few questions. My first question is to the Department. We know NewERA was notified regarding the ERP project. When did NewERA make the Department aware?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Ó Coigligh is confusing himself. It is a very simple question. When did the Department become aware of this impairment? I ask Mr. Ó Coigligh to reply quickly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Did the 2021 report refer to this also affecting 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: The first time any of the three staff members from the Department became aware of this was when it was raised in the 2021 accounts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: The Department was not aware of it before 2021.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Who of the three representatives has been in the Department the longest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I lost days of my life in this room a couple of years ago dealing with RTÉ in the Committee of Public Accounts. In the name of God, how did the Department responsible for RTÉ not let this committee, the Committee of Public Accounts or both know that there had been a loss beyond that incurred as a result of the toy show musical and the whole issue with a well-known RTÉ presenter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: To be clear, RTÉ told NewERA about this. The accounts were not very transparent. Ms Quill is saying that it would be more transparent now. I get that. However, did no one in the Department ask what this was about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I understand that. I will get back to this. Putting NewERA between RTÉ and the Department is a problem. I have one very simple question. Did anybody in the Department know about this impairment relating to an IT project? Was anyone in the whole Department aware of this huge loss while we were sitting here talking about the toy show and Ryan Tubridy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is very simple. I have to move on to other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Can I announce to the Irish public that the Department that was responsible for media had zero or no idea that there was an impairment of this amount in relation to this project, while we were sitting here in this room two years ago? Is that an accurate statement or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: No, sorry-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Ó Coigligh is basically saying that the information available to the Department was the same information available to the public. That is impossible. I lost days of my life here. I was not aware of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am a TD and a member of the public. This is very important question for Mr. Ó Coigligh as the Secretary General and for all the officials. They should think about how they answer this because it is critically important to how we get this information. Was there an awareness in the Department of media regarding this impairment two years ago, while we were going through the other...