Interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch insisted he had been ‘completely truthful’ in his evidence to the Public Accounts Committee.
A SENIOR RTÉ executive has denied misleading a parliamentary committee over who knew what about a commercial deal at the heart of the payments crisis engulfing the broadcaster.
An agent for Tubridy told the PAC on Tuesday that an email from former chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe, which was circulated among several other RTÉ executives, makes a clear reference to RTÉ underwriting the Renault deal. In year one, this was done by issuing a €75,000 credit note to Renault in exchange for the motoring company paying Tubridy, and in years two and three, when Renault were no longer involved, by paying Tubridy from its own funds using a UK-based commercial barter account.
He insisted the agreement between the car company, RTÉ and Tubridy was “central” to negotiations around the star’s wider contract with the broadcaster. Lynch also apologised to the committee for not bringing the email to the attention of PAC members earlier. In extraordinary back-to-back committee appearance on Tuesday, the presenter claimed he was not overpaid by this amount and blamed the misreporting on an accountancy error in how RTÉ had logged a loyalty fee he had waived.
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