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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: The public demand transparency on its financial dealings. What I am trying to understand is how RTÉ weighs up the GDPR concerns against the public demand for transparency. Why were they not published?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: RTÉ is a publicly funded company, separate from any private company.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Did you speak to each of the 100 top earners?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: So you took a unilateral decision.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: In what context? We are talking about the current crisis that RTÉ is facing.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: With regard to the interim funding, can Mr. Bakhurst provide an overview of RTÉ's current financial situation?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: How much does that equate to?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Given recent reports, how close is RTÉ to reaching its lending cap?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: How does RTÉ intend to manage its debt to ensure it does not default on any of its obligations?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: I ask the director general if RTÉ has a backup plan or contingency plan if the interim funding falls short of what is anticipated.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: What has RTÉ forecast in relation to the interim funding that will be required?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: I will move on to the Mazars report into the barter account. Deputy Griffin previously touched on this. Mazars noted that it found no obvious benefit to RTÉ from using the barter agencies. Does RTÉ agree with that assessment?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: I will touch upon the funds for events and perks such as trips to the rugby World Cup or to the Champions League coming from public and commercial revenues. How does RTÉ justify expenses as being in the public interest in that regard? Second, the report also highlights that certain key personnel had the power to make purchases without formal documentation. What has changed subsequent...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Is there any internal investigation or consequences for those who made purchases during the past decade that contradicted RTÉ's ethos or its obligation with regard to the proper use of public money?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: I will finish on the staff allowances. We read revelations that RTÉ paid more than €4 million in allowances to staff last year. Could Ms Cusack give a breakdown of these allowances and justify their necessity, especially in light of the current financial situation? What steps is RTÉ taking to review this?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: How does RTÉ evaluate each employee who is allocated these allowances? Are they based on performance reviews, or what criteria does RTÉ set?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Yes.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Okay.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: Thank you. My final question Is to the chair, Ms Ní Raghallaigh. Regarding the Deloitte reports withheld from the audit and risk committee, as identified in the Grant Thornton report, has it been identified who withheld the reports?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)
Alan Dillon: By whom?