Ms Moya Doherty:

I appeared before this committee a number of years ago and answered all the questions relating to this, but I must state that regarding the appointment to the board of RTÉ of an individual whose sole income comes from RTÉ and who then has to recuse himself from a meeting so that the board can agree huge contracts to that individual, we took advice from Professor Niamh Brennan, whom the Minister is now putting in charge. Professor Brennan advised the board that this was a huge conflict of interest. Larry Bass was not thrown under a bus. Larry Bass was not asked to resign. Larry Bass resigned to protect his own company. It was a conflict of interest and I hope we learn from that.