Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A fair point.

I want to say to Ms Cusack about the exit package that €450,000 is a lot of money. In her role she is responsible to the taxpayer but, one, she did not question the approval process, and two, she did not ask how savings would be achieved, and yet she signed off on the approval by the executive board despite the fact she knew it was not approved by the board. I am the treasurer of my local GAA club and I cannot approve anything without it going through the board or the committee of the club. Yet, we have a massive national organisation like RTÉ and Ms Cusack signed off on it. I do not think her position is tenable in the eyes of the public, who are listening today, to say that it was an error in judgment. We are talking about a package worth €450,000. It seems there was a certain little arrangement because the person involved was at that level within the organisation.