Mr. Robert Shortt:

There were a number of things that the board committed to doing in our original statement, which seems like a long time ago now. Obviously, one of those was to bring any future amendments or new presenting contracts under the remit of the remuneration committee. That is an important step to take. We have a lot of reflection to do, just on how we work on the board, and how we approach issues and ask questions. We will take that very seriously. There are many reviews going on and that will be important work as well. As part of my membership of the audit and risk committee, we hop the current Grant Thornton review will finish its work as soon as possible and we intend to release as much information as we can from that. There is an awful lot of immediate work to do and then there are those other things about questioning ourselves about how we can work better.

To answer the first part of the Senator's question in terms of the review, it does seem like eight months is a long time, but I know there are so many issues that this whole disaster has brought up, particularly for staff. The word "culture" is bandied about a lot and it is something that I never really understood until this all happened. It is actually fundamental to repairing RTÉ and its reputation. I know from speaking to colleagues that they do intend to make a real contribution to that review. They welcome the fact that part of the review is not just about corporate governance; it is about how staff have been treated and how they have perceived their treatment over the years. Various issues have come up time and time again. They are looking forward to contributing to that process and they really welcome it.