Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When Ms Geraldine O'Leary was before us two weeks ago she told the committee:

In year two, I had no involvement. There was no payment. In year three, I was advised by the director general that there was pressure to pay. There were outstanding amounts. I did not understand at the time that they were underwritten by RTÉ. I was asked to liaise with Noel Kelly Management, NKM, to raise the invoices to the barter account-----

The RTÉ statement also refers to the Grant Thornton review that mentions communications from 13 to 29 March 2022 "between agent and RTÉ chasing payment on foot of the underwriting of the commercial agreement. (notwithstanding the ceasing of the ‘Tri-partite Agreement’ RTÉ had a contractual obligation to make two payments of €75,000 to agent (on behalf of Ryan Tubridy) for 2021 and 2022". Who is telling the truth here? Those versions of events are at odds with each other.