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- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: The previous Friday. Would you not have thought that we as an Oireachtas would want to investigate this and that the director general in situwould be someone who could give us some accountability and give the public out there - the people who are watching today - some accountability? We were told that her resignation was tendered last Monday. You accepted the resignation.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Why did you accept the resignation? Could you not have invoked clauses to ensure that the key witness would be here to answer questions and that we could compel that person, who would still be in situ, to answer the questions the people of the country deserve to hear the answers to?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: She has the option but not as director general of RTÉ. Did you meet as a committee to discuss this?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: And you made an agreement as a committee.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Is there a clawback and malus clause in her contract? Is there a clawback clause and will RTÉ be seeking compensation for moneys lost? Has anyone even looked at that? Will RTÉ seek reimbursement?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: No, but the organisation has lost and the country and taxpayer have lost.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: I am asking if there is any clause in the contract. Has anyone even checked that?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Will RTÉ come back to me and let me know?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: The last time RTÉ committed to coming back to us was in April when it was before the committee and we have not heard a dickie bird from RTÉ since. I asked a number of questions that day and I did not hear a word back since. That is ten weeks ago so RTÉ might take the committee a bit more seriously this time because I did not sense the last time that we were taken seriously. ...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Has RTÉ found out what her explanations were?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: What advice was Dee Forbes referring to in her statement on Monday and from whom was that advice received?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Not that she always followed advice but who was advising her?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Have the chair, Ms Ní Raghallaigh, the interim deputy director general, Mr. Lynch, or anybody before us from RTÉ used the barter account for corporate entertainment or travel? Has anybody here used it?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Could Ms O' Leary give us an estimation of how much she has been responsible for spending on that over the years?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Will Ms O'Leary come back to me with specific details on that?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Did Ms O'Leary resist efforts by her colleague, the CFO, Mr. Collins, to move the barter account onto the balance sheet?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: In no way whatsoever? Verbally or written?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: Does RTÉ offer any discounts to advertisers?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: To what extent?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)
Brendan Griffin: When she was asked by journalists last week to address the Sunday Independent story, why did Ms O'Leary refer it to her legal representatives?