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Oireachtas media committee members 'livid' over new RTE revelations

Jul 5, 2023 09:31
By Shannonside News
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Oireachtas media committee members 'livid' over new RTE revelations

Last night it emerged there are a number of other barter accounts used for client entertainment.

All of the top 100 earners at RTÉ are paid in excess of 116,000 euro a year.

Documents furnished to the Oireachtas Media Committee have also revealed further barter accounts used to fund 1.6 million euro in client entertainment over the course of ten years.

One Media Committee member joked the Oireachtas will have to increase the bandwidth on its website ahead of the 1.30pm hearing with RTÉ top brass.

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Members are absolutely livid that they were told last week by RTÉ's Chief Financial Officer there was only one barter account in existence, which had been used to make hidden payments to Ryan Tubridy.

Last night it emerged there are a number of such accounts used for client entertainment.

TDs last night wondering whether they'd been lied to at the committee, or if the Chief Financial Officer genuinely didn't know what accounts the broadcaster was using.

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And some wondering which of those options was actually worse.

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