Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ms Doherty stated it is a broken system - a broken system she chaired for a significant number of years. I mentioned last week and Mr. Lynch made a comment that it was not the remit of the executive. This committee nominated Larry Bass to be a member of the board of directors, as is its duty as a media committee representing the taxpayer. The reality is the board did not want him. There was a kickback against our committee not to put the name forward. We insisted on the name going forward. Why did the board not want Larry Bass on the board? As we all know, when he attended his first meeting, he resigned or was thrown under a bus to make sure he did resign. Maybe it was the case that if Larry Bass had been there, someone with professional experience in media, he might have been able to highlight some of these issues.