Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Cathaoirleach for what I think was an accurate summary of the discussion that happened beforehand. I share the frustration of other members of the committee. We all wanted to put this whole sorry episode behind us and begin that process of rebuilding the trust we absolutely need in our national broadcaster. I agree with Deputy Devlin that this offer is a day late and a dollar short in terms of when it arrived to us and what it puts on the table. It tells us that RTÉ are satisfied that all the salient points captured in the note have already been presented in the public arena. What we want to be able to do as members of the Committee of Public Accounts is satisfy ourselves that this is the case. That is the only reason we want this note. We want to be able to satisfy ourselves that everything that is contained within the note is already known to the committee so that we can draw a line under it and move on.