Ms Paula Mullooly:

They raised an objection on foot of that. External legal advice was taken, particularly in relation to the consent point. The advice we got back was that consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous and that given the pressure on RTÉ to co-operate, staff may feel compelled to consent so permission would not be voluntary. That was the advice that we were given in terms of asking individuals whether they would consent to that publication.