A forensic accounting report examining RTÉ's barter account will be delivered to the Government this week.
Last month, Mazars was appointed by Minister for Media Catherine Martin to investigate the account and any other off balance sheet entities.
In a letter sent to the Oireachtas Media Committee yesterday, Ms Martin said an interim report by Mazars would be submitted this week.
She said that it would be delivered to the Oireachtas Media Committee and the Dáil Public Accounts Committee afterwards and published.
The minister also confirmed that she will meet RTÉ Chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh and Director General Kevin Bakhurst again this week.
In the letter, Ms Martin said that she would re-emphasise the importance of full and timely cooperation with all of the examinations that are in progress.
She also said the Government is closely monitoring licence fee sales and engaging with RTÉ and NewERA (New Economy and Recovery Authority) to establish the interim funding needs of the broadcaster in Budget 2024.
"I will be engaging with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and other Government colleagues over the coming weeks to ensure that that appropriate funding is provided for RTÉ, TG4 and in respect of public service media content provided by other media organisations, in line with the recommendations of the Future of Media Commission."
The minister also said that a decision on a longer term funding model for public service media would be brought to Cabinet in due course.
She said a critical step in progressing that matter was for RTÉ to re-establish trust with the Irish public.
TV licence revenue falls by €554,000 for third week of August
RTÉ has suffered another fall in TV licence revenue as new figures show sales fell by €554,000 in the third week of August, compared with the same week last year.
TV licences sales for the third week of August were 9,041 compared with 12,507 for the same period in 2022 - a drop of 27% - according to new data from the Department of Media.
The drop continues the downward trend but is not as steep as previous weeks.
In total, TV licence revenue is down nearly €5.1m since the broadcaster has been engulfed in controversy over secret payments to presenter Ryan Tubridy.
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Meanwhile, the Oireachtas Media Committee is inviting the RTÉ Board and Mr Bakhurst to attend a hearing next month.
The broadcaster is also being given a deadline of 8 September to submit outstanding documentation requested by the committee since early last month.
Members met this morning to discuss the ongoing controversy at RTÉ.
TDs and senators want to hear from the oversight board including Ms Ní Raghallaigh and all other members.
Chief Financial Officer Richard Collins and Director of Human Resources Eimear Cusack will also be asked to attend the hearing on 13 September.
In addition, TDs and senators have agreed to invite Minister Martin to appear at a later session, likely in early October, to discuss the funding shortfall at the broadcaster.
Committee Chair Niamh Smyth said there were unanswered questions from the second Grant Thornton report into the understatement of fees paid to presenter Ryan Tubridy.
Ms Smyth said it was an opportunity for the board to build confidence with the public and ensure there was transparency and oversight so hopefully there would be no further depletion in licence fee revenue.
Members also agreed that it would be open to Mr Bakhurst to bring any other members of the executive to assist in answering questions.
Members of the National Union of Journalists in RTÉ are calling on the Government to "end two decades of inaction on the issue of adequate funding for public service media as a matter of urgency".
In a statement, the union said: "We are calling for an end to political cowardice on this issue, and would be concerned if politicians sought to use the current crisis to further delay decisive action.
"If the broadcaster is to return to its core purpose - to remain an independent and trustworthy service for the Irish public - then this long-running issue of funding needs to be addressed by Government."
