Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, there is a moral imperative. That is what brings me to the initial discussion. You believe that Ryan Tubridy has a moral imperative to return the €150,000. We requested extensive documentation, and I do not discount that. There were hundreds pages in the request. Of the 61 documents that were requested, 24 pieces were partially responded to. As the Chair mentioned earlier, legal privilege was claimed over some of them. You are standing by the fact that RTÉ received legal advice which really has nothing to do with the fact that the documents were not supplied. There is no legal privilege over the documentation, as far as the committee is concerned. We have heard about the spending in RTÉ for the last four months, and it definitely raises issues around the moral compass as far as the public are concerned. Do you believe there is a moral imperative to provide those documents to the committee in order for us to ascertain and make recommendations so that we can retain the public broadcaster?