Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Cathaoirleach. That is a fair summary of the lengthy discussion we had. This offer is too late. It should have come in much sooner to the committee if it was going to be offered in the first place. It is not as if RTÉ has not had ample opportunity in this committee room to divulge and to engage with the committee on how to proceed on this matter. This note of 7 May is extremely important to the committee given our long deliberations with RTÉ.

It all seems to be a central date on which decisions were made. While the offer that RTÉ has put to us at this late stage is not acceptable to the committee, we have had good discussion here and have found a pathway forward if a decision can be arrived at by close of business on Monday.