Ms Katherine Licken:

When this issue first emerged on 22 July, the Minister moved quickly to appoint an expert advisory committee in respect of governance and culture at RTÉ for precisely that reason, that is, to dig in to see whether the corporate governance is fit for purpose, whether it is delivering and how we can learn from the mistakes that happened and ensure they do not happen again. She also met with the staff and unions and set up a separate expert advisory committee relating to HR and other matters. Those reports are ongoing. Crowe Advisory has been appointed as adviser to the two expert committees and obviously we have the Mazars report, all looking at the barter account. All of that is designed to inform us. They are independent reports to inform us as to what are the next steps in terms of governance. In the meantime, RTÉ is taking its own steps, as Ms Mullooly pointed out, in terms of the board and the structures, that it needs to do. We did not expect RTÉ just to wait until these reports are concluded. We expect it to get on with the job in the meantime and we will see what comes out of those reports early in the new year.