Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests. As we know, the scandal involving defective payments, Dee Forbes and Ryan Tubridy is at the centre of grave concerns of the staff, management and the public. I have a few questions. RTÉ has stated that a disciplinary process is ongoing. Why did RTÉ accept Ms Forbes's resignation when it knew it would be "curtains" as regards her appearing before the committee or otherwise getting to the bottom of this. We have already heard the acting deputy director general was not aware of anything or did not ask anything. I imagine that when he started, he read into the brief to try to find out what his role was, what kind of a gang or board of people he was with and what kind of policies they had. Why did RTÉ accept the resignation?