James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to be clear. Ryan Tubridy made enormous mistakes, in my opinion, and I challenged him on that. However, I am conscious that there were two presenters within RTÉ whose reputations took a very significant battering during the week because of what Ms Mullooly just said regarding the releasing of information. Responsibility is important and, from a legal perspective, I know Ms Mullooly has a job to do. However, when you create a chasm where no information is being brought forward and we have a drip-feed, which has been happening for the past three weeks, it is causing continuous damage that is unfair to the individuals involved. I do not want this to become a witch hunt - I genuinely do not. However, as a collective organisation, the information that has been provided to this committee has been less than helpful. The manner in which and the pace at which it has been provided is highly disappointing. Unfortunately, the consequences of this will last a very long time.

Does Mr. Bakhurst have confidence in his assistant director general?