Ms Geraldine O'Leary:

Renault had an ongoing sponsorship arrangement with RTÉ's commercial division. The first connection with RTÉ and any talent contract or any commercial client with a talent contract was at the end of February 2020, when I was advised by the then CFO that the contract negotiations with Ryan Tubridy were finishing, were being put in place for the following four to five years - it changed but it was four at the time - that there was going to be a commercial element and that they would talk to me about it. I was not brought in when the contract was being done. I subsequently was advised by the director general that the idea behind the commercial deal was that I would talk to the sponsor about including some personal appearances by Ryan Tubridy as part of the overall Renault relationship with RTÉ.