Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

I thank Mr. Doherty for being with us today. It is not an easy thing to come before an Oireachtas committee. His willingness to do so is very much appreciated. I join him in acknowledging the huge work of Peter McVerry, a constituent of mine and somebody I know has done tremendous work, but also the many people within the trust who I imagine have lived with this shadow over the work they do. There should be no shadow; they do incredible work.

The reason we are here is because of a €15 million bailout, effectively, to an organisation that Mr. Doherty found himself appointed to take control of from 1 June. He had worked there for a number of decades and I imagine he was incredibly hopeful about the time he could serve as CEO. However, on 29 May last, he found himself in a public park, having just returned from annual leave. He was there with the outgoing CEO and he had concerns regarding a number of payments. Can he tell the committee about those?