Ms Anne O'Leary:

I certainly did and, like I said, in March there was an executive meeting and they had said that they had gone through the finance and the audit and risk. The minute of that meeting said that the next step is to bring it to audit and risk. It was never brought to audit and risk. The Senator has to understand there is a rigorous process in place in RTÉ for projects to be approved. It is the sponsoring executive who comes with a full document on a project briefing, project schedule, execution plan, resource allocation, financial planning and risk analysis, and then they bring them to audit and risk where they are robustly examined and, typically, sent back for additional information before they are either approved or sent to the board for approval. In my time there, 33 projects have been brought through that audit and risk process. It is a really in-depth process, which then goes to the board. For example, 13 projects for up to €39 million were approved during my time in 2017. This was not.