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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Thank you. That is all. I wish to ask a question of the Department official who was here last week and who, by the way, neglected to tell any of us anything about this. I want to know the following. Would she have expected that her Minister would have been told in that meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: No, but she asked for her resignation and she did not tell the Minister. Would Ms Licken have expected that she would have told her?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: But not that she had asked for her resignation.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Can I ask Ms Licken the following questions as a representative of the Department? We need to focus in on the Department much more than we have. When was the Department or any official aware of a barter account or barter accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Nobody in the Department was aware until Thursday about the payments to Renault - that whole saga - or the issues in respect of Ryan Tubridy's salary until that Thursday.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: When did you become aware and in what context?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: What date?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Okay. That is fine. I think the rest of it is on the record. I want to get through two more questions and possibly a third. Can we get a copy of this famous Teams call that took place – the tripartite?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Presumably, that is recorded.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Is that not standard practice for calls like that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: There are no minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Who was the lawyer?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: No problem. That is fine. Will you provide a copy of the note to us please by next Thursday?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Chair, we will take advice on that legally as well. We will then come back to Ms Mullooly. I suspect-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: I suspect that we are entitled to it. I will move on for time purposes. I wish to go through the timeline of what happened in March. Regarding this issue with Deloitte, the dates of 16 March and 17 March and Mr. Tubridy's resignation, the whole country is talking about this. The coincidence is incredible. I wish to ask everybody in the room the following question: Is anybody aware of...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: It was only really the one multiple issue of two invoices.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Are you saying that is what is meant by "a number of issues" in the RTÉ board's statement?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Collins? Same?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: Okay. Only one issue. I have another question. I refer to a statement made this week that Mr. Tubridy's contract has come to an end. I am no genius and I am not legally qualified but looking at precedent in respect of other people in RTÉ, I found that an extraordinary statement and I thought it was going to be a big problem straight away. Precedent would show that loads of people...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: I think RTÉ has serious issues. I have one final question. In relation to the new presenter's salary - in fairness, he asked for it to be public - were there any changes made to the remuneration that was agreed with him versus what was announced in the past 24 hours? Were any changes made in the past week or so in respect of that and if so, what were they?