The committee heard that RTÉ engaged a UK-based barter agent to promote “surplus promoting airtime”.
The broadcaster paid the agent a payment and obtained about €300,000 price of money and companies comparable to lodge lodging and flights in return, the committee heard.
However questioning RTÉ’s chief monetary officer Richard Collins, Mr Griffin accused the organisation of working a slush fund.
The Effective Gael TD learn out quite a lot of funds the broadcaster had made, together with €12,000 for Bruce Springsteen tickets and €6,358 for 50 tickets for a Phil Collins and Robbie Williams live performance.
“I’ve heard of ‘let me entertain you’, however that is a bit ridiculous,” Mr Griffin stated.
“2 hundred items of flip flops for the summer time social gathering for businesses and purchasers €4,956,” he continued.
“This is not a barter account, it is a slush fund.”
The previous chairperson of the RTÉ board Moya Doherty advised Mr Griffin the board was “not conscious of the existence of the barter account.”
Mr Griffin additionally requested the corporate’s witnesses to the committee whether or not Mr Tubridy had refused to take a pay reduce?
“They did not refuse to take a reduce,” RTÉ’s former chief monetary officer Breda O’Keefe replied.
“It was the extent of reduce that we disagreed on.”