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Media committee seeks guidance on how to proceed with RTÉ inquiry in absence of key witnesses

Committee’s chair says it is ‘farcical’ that former RTÉ execs will not appear before the group to answer questions into Toy Show the Musical

Dee Forbes, former RTÉ director general and Moya Doherty, former RTÉ chair, have declined to appear at today’s session. Picture: Andres Poveda

The Oireachtas media committee has sought guidance surrounding the absence of key players in the RTÉ payments scandal at ongoing government hearings into the controversy.

Niamh Smyth, the chair of the committee, has said it is “farcical” that numerous former RTÉ executives who had a hand in the ongoing financial and governance crisis at the broadcaster have not appeared before TDs and senators. The Fianna Fáil TD said that the committee’s secretary has been instructed ...