Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

No. I am not aware of every single hiring decision in the organisation. I was surprised to see that, particularly if it is a contract rather than permanent staff. However, I will get to the bottom of it and I will report back on it.

I will come to the question Deputy Cannon asked about the reporting of Mr. Tubridy's salary from 2017 to 2019. As Ms Ní Raghallaigh rightly says, Grant Thornton in the end had to surmise what it thought had happened because there were conflicting reports. All I can say is that the procedures we have put in place in the organisation now will ensure that could never happen again now. Decisions on top presenters’ salaries now come to the full leadership team for discussion, which was not the case in the past. Any top presenter’s salary which is approved by the leadership team then has to go to the board committee to be approved as well. There is a really clear, transparent process there and a sign-off which will ensure that will not happen. We have already committed to publishing every single year in real time the salaries of the top ten presenters. Those will be fully audited by our auditors so that they can be relied on as part of the annual report. Together we have taken the measures. Even if we cannot get to the exact detail of which individual took that decision, we are confident that it cannot happen again because we have put in place the procedures to address it.