Mr. Noel Kelly:

On 3 May, RTÉ legal emailed NK Management about invoice queries and on 26 May wrote to us saying that Grant Thornton would be doing an investigation. On 31 May we met with Grant Thornton. On 23 June, which was the day after Mr. Tubridy heard about this, RTÉ released its first statement.

That is a whole month in the difference between Mr. Kelly first finding out and engaging with Grant Thornton and Mr. Tubridy first becoming aware. Therefore, there was no engagement between Mr. Kelly and Mr. Tubridy in that intervening month.