Clarification needed as to whether RTÉ deliberately misled Dáil committee over barter accounts, Taoiseach says

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Minister for Finance called for full transparency from the broadcaster following the revelation of two additional barter accounts, which the organisation failed to disclose while addressing politicians last week

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it had to be established if RTÉ executives were deliberately misleading parliamentary committees or just providing information that turned out to be wrong.

RTÉ’s chief financial officer Richard Collins told a parliamentary committee last week that there was only one barter account - which has become a focal point of the controversy over undisclosed payments to presenter Ryan Tubridy.

 

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