Mr. Declan McBennett:

This is important because I had expected it to come up but it has not. Many RTÉ people have been in here lately and RTÉ has been ripe for a kicking. I have been in RTÉ for 24 years. I am very proud of what RTÉ does. I am very proud of its place in Irish society. I am proud of the team I lead and I am proud of our output.

I want to make one final point of clarification because it has come up both publicly and privately on numerous occasions. By virtue of the fact that I am the head of sport at RTÉ, I am a director of GAAGO. I have not received one cent, one penny, one euro or one pound for that role, nor will I for as long as I am involved.