RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst will meet with the chair of the Oireachtas media committee, Labour TD Alan Kelly, on Thursday to discuss the €3.6m partly failed IT system controversy.Earlier this week it emerged that RTÉ wrote down a figure of €3.6m on a partly failed IT system, which was one of the projects funded from the proceeds of the sale of land at its Dublin site in 2017.In a statement earlier this week, the broadcaster said the "purpose of the IT system was to replace five legacy systems that were used for Finance and HR which were at or near end of life (one of them having been installed in 2001, another two installed in 2003)".In a statement this evening, Labour TD Alan Kelly said that he will meet with Mr Bakhurst this coming Thursday to discuss the matter.Deputy Kelly said: "Following a request from RTÉ, I will be meeting with Mr Bakhurst on Thursday to discuss future plans for RTÉ, the restructuring programme and a range of legacy issues in the organisation."Of course it will also be my intention to discuss the recent development whereby RTÉ have revealed that they have written off €3.6 million on a partly failed IT project."This is something I believe that my colleagues on the committee will want to focus on in the coming weeks. I am looking forward to our meeting and discussion on Thursday and believe it is a welcome opportunity."It is understood that after this meeting, it is likely that Mr Bakhurst will be called to appear at a formal Oireachtas media committee meeting in the coming weeks.
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