Dr. P.J. Mathews:

I was appointed in October 2014. I agree with Ms Doherty's analysis. One of the important things for a board collectively is that it needs to know the important information, specifically information about strategy, risky initiatives and big decisions being made by the organisation - what is going to happen next and what the big decisions are. When I was before the Committee of Public Accounts I said this was a source of deep disappointment to me as a board member. I am, with Ms O'Leary, the member of the longest standing and I take the job seriously. I am a public servant and I take it very seriously.

I enter into board business in good faith. All of the stuff that has happened has, as I said, been deeply troubling and disappointing. I see change. I have a lot of confidence in our chair who has a great track record in broadcasting in TG4 as a financial controller and our new director general who has amazing experience in terms of corporate governance and editorial and has really steadied the ship. As a board, we have worked hard since all of this broke out to try to address the issues and co-operate with the Government review processes that are ongoing. I certainly will do everything I can in the short time I have left on the board to re-establish trust and help rebuild the organisation to the best of my ability.