RTÉ has provided the documents to the committee today which were discussed during a private session.

The committee’s chair, TD Brian Stanley, said this is PAC’s “final decision” on the matter.

It is understood that a number of PAC members are in favour of seeking powers of compellability.

It amounts to a discrepancy of almost €50,000 across three organisations.

RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst says the trend of licence fee payments is down 30%.

Stanley said it is ‘difficult to put into context the level of expenditure that is being lost by the state each year and the level of potential revenue that is being forgone’.

Public Accounts Committee chairman Brian Stanley said politicians want the details of any ‘hefty’ payments to outgoing executives.

The first report had found that RTÉ underdeclared presenter Ryan Tubridy’s earnings.

Before the RTÉ debacle made its way into the Houses of the Oireachtas, the John Delaney and FAI saga was one of the most viewed events on Oireachtas TV.

Presenter Laura Byrne is joined this week by Gavan Reilly, political correspondent with Virgin Media News, to look behind the scenes at Oireachtas committees, from the grandstanding to the selection process, as well as to analyse previous appearances by John Delaney, Angela Kerins, and – of course – Ryan Tubridy.

The Public Accounts Committee was told a package for former RTÉ chief financial Officer Breda O’Keeffe was not signed off by the full executive board.

Fanning has since apologised “unreservedly” for the comment.

The new director general of RTÉ will appear before the Public Accounts Committee today.

RTÉ’s new director general has said that the presenter’s ‘reputation has been undermined’ by the ongoing controversy.

Brian Stanley, the committee’s chair, said he expects them to attend.

The committee is concerned at the wide range of cost estimates and lengthy timeline.

The vice-chair of the PAC said there are “more than a dozen issues of concern” in the state agency’s annual report.

Significant lines of questioning at the Public Accounts Committee yesterday focused on the labelling of invoices as “consultancy fees”.

Senior executives at the broadcaster were grilled about an ongoing payments scandal.

The ‘bombshell’ admission was made to members of the Public Accounts Committee this morning.

RTÉ representatives are currently appearing before the Public Accounts Committee.

The ‘bombshell’ admission was made to members of the Public Accounts Committee this morning.

RTÉ will appear before the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday.

The HSE is currently seeking to recoup €22.3 million for faulty and undelivered ventilators.

PAC heard that 32,000 letters had been issued in recent weeks topeople affected by the HSE cyber attack.

The committee is meeting this afternoon to discuss the strategy.

The National Lottery regulator said she believes that this was the state’s intention when the licensing was agreed.

Greyhound Racing Ireland spoke at the Public Accounts Committee today as its financial statements were examined.

The planning body received €19.2 million in Exchequer funding in 2020 and recorded a net deficit of €2.6 million the same year.

The committee has expressed concern at delays in the publication of a report from the Future of Media Commission.

Complaints relate to the long delays as well as citizenship issues.

Members of the board of the Children’s Hospital appeared before the Public Accounts Committee today.

The Sunday Business Post first reported details of a recorded meeting between Department of Health officials in January.

The PAC has made a number of recommendations on the system.

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is spending €15 million fighting the claims.

A report has found that the longest arrangement for temporary schools accommodation dates back over 20 years to 2000.

Six of the claims are more than €40 million, the committee was told.