Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have asked this next question of all of the people appearing before us today. Does Mr. Lynch think that the public find it exceptionally difficult, if not impossible to believe, that an arrangement could be put in place with Ryan Tubridy, which was a highly unusual arrangement and one that went above and beyond normal corporate practices within RTÉ, and that only one person in the whole organisation was aware of it and only one person dictated that it would occur, and that this person cannot appear before the committee now, as Deputy Griffin has pointed out? This is also despite that same person having sought - as she has pointed out in her own statement - substantial and ongoing advice from a legal team within RTÉ and from the financial management team within RTÉ. Does Mr. Lynch accept that the public would find exceptionally difficult the element of Mr. Lynch's statement last night that ultimately the responsibility for this, and the knowledge around this particular arrangement rests with one individual, and only one individual?