James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate Mr. Tubridy's apology and accept it. Purely from a human perspective, I think all of us here understand this is difficult. We are politicians. We know what it is like to be dragged through the ringer.

Unfortunately, this is the next point of questioning I wanted to come to anyway. Mr. Tubridy has moved on to that properly. The reason this has erupted is the work that was done by the audit report that identified the pay arrangements that we have discussed with the executive board of RTÉ.

I just want to get a clear picture. When did Mr. Tubridy first become aware of the issues that were brought to light through the audit that was carried out? When did he first get knowledge of that audit being carried out?