Ms Moya Doherty:

I did not ever hear that comment until I saw it written recently, and I do not believe it to be true. His role in representing agents is clear. The importance he has been given is maybe extreme. The negotiating process could have been more robust on the part of RTÉ. How and ever, and I think this is important to say, because the Cathaoirleach was raising it and it related to what Mr. Lynch and Mr. Coveney were saying, not everybody can do the job that is required. There is such a thing called charisma and there is such a thing called-----