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<\/p>\nRT\u00c9’s interim Deputy Director General Adrian Lynch has said the broadcaster takes full responsibility for the misstatement of Ryan Tubridy’s fees.<\/p>\n
The RT\u00c9 Board – including new Director General Kevin Bakhurst, appeared before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In his opening statement, Mr Lynch addressed that the ongoing payments scandal is the “single biggest crisis in the history of RT\u00c9”.<\/p>\n
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“RT\u00c9 takes full responsibility for these misstatements and the mistakes that led to them..,” Mr Lynch stated.<\/p>\n
RT\u00c9 was plunged into chaos when it was revealed that Ryan\u2019s\u00a0earnings were publicly understated by \u20ac345,000 over the last six years<\/a>.<\/p>\n The issue was identified during a routine audit of RT\u00c9\u2019s 2022 accounts, prompting an independent review of the matter.<\/p>\n The RT\u00c9 Board\u00a0issued an apology<\/a>\u00a0over the error, and later\u00a0Ryan also apologised<\/a>\u00a0for not questioning RT\u00c9 over his published earnings.<\/p>\n The scandal resulted in the\u00a0suspension of RT\u00c9\u2019s Director General Dee Forbes<\/a>, who later resigned from her role.<\/p>\n Over the weekend, RT\u00c9\u2019s Director of Strategy Rory Coveney\u00a0resigned from his role with immediate effect<\/a>\u00a0having appeared a number of times before multiple Oireachtas Committees.<\/p>\n On Monday, RT\u00c9\u2019s new Director General Kevin Bakhurst\u00a0confirmed the disbandment of the Executive Board<\/a>\u00a0when he took over office from Ms Forbes.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goss.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/RTE.png\")