Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to move it on. I am sorry to rush Mr. Kelly but I do not want to upset the Chair. Mr. Kelly has heard this from others but last week Ms O'Keeffe said that things were stalled, RTÉ had to try to get a deal and this notion of a commercial deal was added in. Mr. Kelly was doing the best he could for his client, which is understandable. I do not want to be critical and I want to be respectful to everyone but it stretches things a little bit to suggest that the two were separate. It appears that this commercial deal with Renault is stitched into all the emails. It does not make its way into the contract but it is stitched in along the chronology of the emails. It is part of the remuneration and I accept that Mr. Kelly did not think it would be paid by RTÉ. I also accept what Mr. Tubridy has said in that he did not expect RTÉ to pay for it. That is fine. Ms O'Keeffe indicated that when things stalled the head of content started to discuss and negotiate with Mr. Kelly. Can Mr. Kelly talk to us a little bit about what transpired in those discussions? That was with Jim Jennings. Mr. Jennings and Mr. Kelly began a conversation.