Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I will move on to some of the slightly more controversial issues on which the committee has written to and engaged with RTÉ. There is the question of the party that took place. That issue was raised at this committee. I want assurances that there was learning from that. I will also make a comment arising from a matter Ms Doherty raised relating to governance. We also take governance very seriously. The principle to which we hold, and without getting into a debate on the matter, is that this committee and the Minister recommend the names of members of the RTÉ authority. We were slightly concerned about the events that happened in that regard. The principle must be accepted that it is these Houses that make the decision on who sits on the RTÉ authority, rather than the authority itself.