Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Right. Okay. I will stop Mr. Lynch there, because there are lots of things I want to ask about.

Breda O’Keeffe sent in her apologies today. In her statement she said “I have nothing further to add to that statement with respect to the matters addressed therein”. That was her statement on 5 July. Since 5 July, Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly were before the committee. The email of 20 February completely blows out of the water what she had said in that opening statement in some considerable detail.

What Ms O'Keeffe outlined is remarkably similar to what was finalised, despite the fact that she said there was considerable resistance. As far as I am concerned, we can talk about legal agreements and all the rest but the reality is that that ended up being the agreement. It may not have been signed and sealed and all the rest of it but that ended up being what was finalised.