This from our crime editor Conor Lally:
“Given the complexity of what’s emerging, obviously we can be proactive if we ascertain crime or the allegation or suspicion of crime, but that’s not the area we are in at the moment.”Speaking in Brussels the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, said he was concerned about the revelations about RTÉ payments. Mr Varadkar played down the reports of RTÉ’s corporate hospitality for its advertising clients that so enraged some members of the Public Accounts Committee yesterday.But he said the fact it was “so untransparent, even concealed” and “that payments were made for work that perhaps wasn’t done – that’s much more serious and it’s a matter of real concern”.
Asked if the allegations of fraud made by some members of the Public Accounts Committee meant this could be a matter for the gardaí to look into, Mr Varadkar said: “I’m not sure we’re at that point yet. But it did concern me to hear that it would appear that payments were made by RTÉ outside contractors for work that wasn’t actually done – and that does raise issues in terms of accounting rules and company law.
The committee will meet in private at 10.30am, with committee chairwoman Niamh Smyth TD set to put down a proposal that the two men be invited in.
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