{"id":2142,"date":"2023-06-22T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/rte-must-appear-before-pac-to-address-financial-and-governance-issues\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:27","slug":"rte-must-appear-before-pac-to-address-financial-and-governance-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/rte-must-appear-before-pac-to-address-financial-and-governance-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 must appear before PAC to address financial and governance issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Today\u2019s bombshell revelations involve a serious breach of trust<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Senior RT\u00c9 management must appear before the Public Accounts Committee before the summer recess to explain its secret payments to Ryan Tubridy, according to Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Murphy, who is vice-chair of the PAC, has written to the PAC to request the appearance of RT\u00c9 before the Committee in the coming weeks. She\u00a0said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRT\u00c9 has confirmed it has now directed Grant Thornton to review the contracts of their top 10 paid presenters after it revealed that it secretly paid Ryan Tubridy \u20ac345,000 more than his publicly declared payments over a six-year period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe covert nature of the payments to Mr Tubridy, and the use by RT\u00c9 of a barter account, raise serious questions that demand urgent answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s bombshell revelations involve a breach of trust from an organisation that has repeatedly put on the poor mouth about its dire financial situation when seeking an increase in the television licence fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should also be noted that these secret payments to one of its stars were made at a time when ordinary workers at RT\u00c9 were being subjected to pay cuts, pay freezes and redundancies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis controversy raises crucial issues about corporate governance and controls within an organisation which is tasked with holding others to account with its public service journalism remit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have today written to the Public Accounts Committee requesting a detailed note on the situation from RT\u00c9. In addition, senior management from RT\u00c9 and officials from Minister Catherine Martin\u2019s department should appear before the Committee in advance of the summer D\u00e1il recess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>June 22, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s bombshell revelations involve a serious breach of trust Senior RT\u00c9 management must appear before the Public Accounts Committee before the summer recess to explain its secret payments to Ryan Tubridy, according to Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy. 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