The Public Accounts Committee of the Dáil has extended an invitation to presenter Ryan Tubridy, and his agent Noel Kelly, to attend a meeting next Tuesday morning at 11am.
The PAC chair, Brian Stanley, has identified seven areas that members would like to investigate:
- Payments to presenters and personnel at RTÉ, specifically from 2017 to date
- Details of Mr Tubridy's contractual relationships with RTÉ, including related payments and exit fees
- The process relating to the tripartite agreement, including its negotiation and sign-off, the content of the tripartite agreement, and the issue of it being underwritten by RTÉ
- The raising of associated invoices and related payments, the details of the invoices, and who was aware of same
- Any instructions given by Mr Tubridy to Mr Kelly, and any further discussions in that regard before finalisation of the agreement
- The call of 7 May 2020 and the letter that followed from [former RTÉ director general] Dee Forbes to Mr Tubridy
- Any matters arising from the material that will be provided to the committee in advance of the meeting, and that RTÉ are expected to provide to the committee by Monday 10 July
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