Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2024
575. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the costs incurred to date in respect of two external reviews into HR and governance/culture at RTÉ. [13130/24]
View answerThe total costs incurred to date in respect of the two independent reviews are €202,956, comprising payments to Crowe Advisory Ireland for professional services to support the work of the Expert Advisory Committees, payments to McCann Fitzgerald, who are acting as Legal Advisers to the Committees for the Reviews, and fees to a number of Committee Members.
I also appointed forensic accountants, Mazars, to examine the barter account and identify any other off-balance sheet accounts in RTÉ under section 109(7)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, on foot of a competitive procurement process run with the assistance of the Office of Government Procurement. The total costs incurred in respect of this examination are €274,536.
