Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

She was a leadership figure for a board, and that conduit was communicating with you and the executive. It is problematic that RTÉ would establish itself as an executive board. I think that is gone. It should be gone. It should never have been there. In my view - I do not know whether or not my colleagues would agree - and from the hearings we had, they saw themselves as above the board that was appointed. They saw themselves as above being accountable to you, Minister, above being accountable to the Department-----