Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses. My first question is for Ms O'Kelly. She made reference to job losses. In November, the bailout deal of €56 million for RTÉ was announced, with the money to be paid in two tranches of €16 million last year and another €14 million this year after the publication of the governance reports. The day after the announcement of that deal, the strategic vision plan setting out that there would be 400 job cuts was announced. Ms O'Kelly that the deal seems to be that in return for some movement on funding, RTÉ must cut its workforce by one fifth. Is it her belief that the deal was contingent on job losses? Is she making the assertion that there was a deal between the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and Kevin Bakhurst that job losses had to be on the table in return for the €56 million for RTÉ that was announced 24 hours previously?