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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Sorry, but the witnesses were paid by RTÉ.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: RTÉ rejects the claim that incorrect versions of events were presented to the Oireachtas last week regarding the RTÉ agreement to underwrite payments. In Mr. Kelly's pack, however, he provides email evidence to prove his point. An email is not a contract, as I am sure he knows.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The position of either party could easily have changed in minutes or days. Can Mr. Kelly show us the actual contract?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Does Mr. Kelly have an actual contract?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Kelly is saying he had agreement by email. I am asking whether he has an actual contract. It is "Yes" or "No".

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: In respect of the consultancy fee invoices, Mr. Kelly simply followed instructions.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Kelly is a very successful negotiator and works for three members of the top talent at RTÉ. Why was this instruction not questioned? Neither of the witnesses are consultancies. If RTÉ told Mr. Kelly to invoice a company he had never heard of, why did he not question it? It makes no sense.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Does Mr. Kelly have a relationship with the new director general, Mr. Kevin Bakhurst, given he previously served as deputy director general?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The tripartite contract, which was provided last week on behalf of Ryan Tubridy, was signed on 21 April of this year. It is almost as though someone found out that the authors had discovered the unreported payments to Mr. Tubridy, and Mr. Tubridy and Ms Forbes were told and both decided to jump ship before the scandal became public. When is a contract not a contract? This is the question I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am sorry. Last week people jumped ship.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Yes. I feel that Mr. Tubridy and Dee Forbes seemed to jump ship at the same time. Is that a coincidence as well?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: He is not under contract. Mr. Tubridy''s contract is up. He has been paid. When is the contract up?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Was Mr. Tubridy not told on the 31st that it was up and he is renegotiating his contract at the moment. Is that right?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Is the money Mr. Tubridy receiving at the moment just for the radio station?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Does Mr. Tubridy not know what he is getting paid?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Is there still a possibility that Mr. Tubridy could be getting paid for "The Late Late Show"?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Okay, so for the moment all that Mr. Tubridy is being paid is for the radio station work?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: I am asking the questions for the people who put me in the job here. People are very disappointed with Mr. Tubridy. I will put my hand up and say fair play to the witnesses for coming in today. They did not have to come in here today but they did come in to answer questions. People just want to know the truth about what happened over this. Last week and the week before we seem to have...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: It is public money. People are really sad over this. Mr. Tubridy is the one who kept mentioning the cost of living. He was in the programmes-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Mr. Tubridy has said how he feels. There are millions of people in Ireland who feel worse