A separate report, examining governance at RTÉ, repeatedly stated that former Director General Dee Forbes did not pass relevant information on to RTÉ’s Board or Executive
There was “no valid basis” for RTÉ to pay former Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy €150,000 through the controversial barter account, a new report has found.
Some three reports examining RTÉ were published on Tuesday. This included a Mazars report examining the barter account and reports into culture and governance and HR at the national broadcaster. The latter two reports contained 116 recommendations. “Based on review of emails and information obtained during interviews, it would appear that the barter account was used to facilitate these payments due to no alternative budget being available,” it added.
The Governance and Culture report, meanwhile, identified several failures as it made several comments about its former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes. It found that RTÉ’s below-board-level governance failed because senior RTÉ Executives did not provide information to RTÉ’s Board or provide information to each other.
“The six reports, comprising our evidence base, provide several examples of the former Director General not providing RTÉ’s Board and others with information. As a result, RTÉ’s Board was not informed concerning certain RTÉ activities,” it added. “For example, the Board accepted verbal rather than written reports from the former Director General,” it said.
“Without knowing the details of any termination payments, we do not know whether there was ‘pay for failure’,” it added.
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