Ms Moya Doherty:

I am sorry if that is what has come across. It is not the case at all. Let me just explain one point that I think is very important. I tried to navigate and negotiate this. The person concerned recused himself. We had a discussion. Such was the commercial nature of the individual's relationship with RTÉ and such was the vast sum of funding the board was being asked to give to another board member that my colleagues on the board could not reach a consensus. I asked for some time on the issue and that was agreed to. I got some time but, unfortunately, that time was then taken away from me because the individual chose to resign even though I asked him not to. It is important for that background to be understood. This was at no point a challenge to any system that the committee has in place. We regard it highly. However, I could not get consensus at board level.