Taoiseach says Ryan Tubridy and agent Noel Kelly should appear before Oireachtas committee
BREAKING NEWS from our Northern editor Freya MacClements. Patrick Kielty has revealed his salary for presenting the Late Late Show. Here is his statement in full:
“The contract allows me to submit flight and accommodation expenses, but I’ve waived this. I’ve made it clear to RTÉ that I will be covering my own flights and accommodation costs. “I think the most important thing they can do today, is to give full and frank answers, full and frank information to the Oireachtas committee. Because that’s really what people need to see,” he said.
The only way forward for RTÉ is to provide complete “warts-and-all” transparency on the background of the controversial payments, the Minister said to reporters in Dublin as he attended the launch of a Financial Services Union strategic plan. The broadcaster has been pushing the Government to introduce a compulsory licence fee for households, whether they have a television or not, as it is currently losing about €65 million amid licence fee evasion and avoidance.
“There are procedures, they will be treated fairly, and I think that would be the right thing to do from their part. They may have a story to tell, and I think it’s right that they should be allowed to tell their side of the story.”Two questions that have yet to be addressed relate to the €75,000 payment.
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