Mr. Adrian Lynch:

The reason we have not is a verbal agreement was given to the agent that RTÉ would pay the money if there was no sponsorship in place. To be clear, that is acknowledged by the agent in the Grant Thornton report, even though I note the day before yesterday the agent said if there was no sponsorship agreement, and I have the quote, no money would be paid. It is completely obvious to me, from reading the Grant Thornton report and the correspondence, that the agent knew RTÉ would be paying. RTÉ should never have paid the two invoices. We should have declared it.