Ms Moya Doherty:

Again, on behalf of the RTÉ board I say that what happened is very regrettable. However, we run the RTÉ board very much in a 21st-century flat structure. It is not a hierarchical structure and we need to get consensus. The consensus was not available on the day and there was a genuine concern about conflict of interest and perception of conflict of interest with such an enormous contract being handed to a board member. That posed my board colleagues huge concern and much anxiety. It is not what we would have wanted.