John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I note that the witnesses have clarified the legal issues relating to "The Saturday Night Show". We have spoken about legislation in other countries. When it first arose, we spoke about the legal advice. There was a suggestion by some of those who received payments that an apology at the beginning would have avoided any payments. In the interests of clarifying the situation, what was the process and the legal advice? Is it true an apology would have avoided payments?