John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday one of our witnesses was Dr. Julien Mercille. In his presentation to the inquiry, he made the following observation, "During the boom years RTE had as chairman a director of Anglo Irish Bank, which epitomised the excesses of the Celtic tiger and property lending." To Mr. Mulhall's knowledge, at any stage did that institution or any other financial institution attempt to influence - or maybe not directly influence, but have any discussions about - editorial matters or news content matters within RTE? If they did, will Mr. Mulhall comment?