It will be an important 48 hours for RTÉ as it is set to appear before two Oireachtas committees to answer questions about the ongoing controversy surrounding undisclosed payments made to Ryan Tubridy.
IT WILL BE an important 48 hours for RTÉ as it is set to appear before two Oireachtas committees to answer questions about the ongoing controversy surrounding undisclosed payments made to Ryan Tubridy.
From 2017 to 2022, RTÉ had published Tubridy’s earnings to be over €2.8 million when the correct figure was over €3 million. The review also found that part of the issue related to payments to the RTÉ Barter Account, which deals with payments through an intermediary company. “The substance of the transaction was that the invoice was being issued due to the underwriting and guarantee contained in the Five Year Contract,” Jacobs said.The evidence is “inconclusive” as to who came up with the phrase “Consultancy Fees”, the review found.Jacobs, a forensic accountant, also added another detail: “The two invoices issued by the Talent’s Agent did not mention the Talent’s name.
The Journal outlined what some of these questions might be earlier this week. A couple more were added to that list following yesterday’s statement and report publication. Jacobs said that in the course of his examination, Forbes told him that the task of negotiating a new contract with Tubridy’s agent, Noel Kelly, was “made all the more complex with the terms of the Talent’s existing contract as an end of contract payment was due at the end of the contract i.e. 2020″.
The bewildered questioning from RTÉ presenter Sarah McInerney on Prime Time last night would suggest they are not commonplace. Social Democrats TD and vice chair of the Public Accounts Committee Catherine Murphy has also told The Journal that the committee “really want to get to the bottom of who made the decisions”.
However, the statement did outline at least another five individuals who were involved in the deal to some extent.
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