Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses and recognise that they are here of their own free will. I am here to try to hold RTÉ to account. I welcome them as witnesses. I am not here to hold them to account. They are separate to what the committee is trying to do. The big issue for us about RTÉ in recent weeks is the view expressed eventually by the chair of the RTÉ board that there was an effort to conceal the payments to Mr. Tubridy.

Mr. Kelly has identified that and it is in the Grant Thornton report that Mr. Kelly had no hand, act or part in that. People generally accept that but there is an issue within RTÉ. Management within RTÉ, in the early stages, seemed to suggest that only one person knew the entirety of that. The Taoiseach and various Government Ministers have said that is not credible and I do not think it is credible. I would like to know what Mr. Kelly thinks, having been involved in the negotiations and discussions. Was Dee Forbes the only person who knew?