Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Grant Thornton report puts it more bluntly. It also refers to the legal department. I think Ms O'Leary has already said she was aware of it. In 2.8(b) of the auditor's report, it says: "The Commercial Brand were prepared to engage but their engagement would have to be [on a] cost neutral [basis]." Mr. Collins has stated that. It says in 2.5:

The RTÉ Legal Team's understanding of the contractual obligations in relation to the phrase €75,000 from commercial relationship is: (a) That €75,000 of the RTÉ sponsorship income from the third party commercial sponsor would be paid directly to the Talent by the third party commercial sponsor.

Ms Mullooly said she was not aware of the cost-neutral nature of the payment, but she was aware that money would be paid directly to Ryan Tubridy from the commercial agent.