Mr. Adrian Lynch:

Again, as outlined in the statement we released, it was quite obvious that negotiations were ongoing. Things were going in and out of this deal. This deal was contractually underwritten on 7 May 2020 and that is the clarification I sought from each member of the executive board.

Regarding the payments, three payments were made to Ryan Tubridy - one based on the credit note, and two from the barter account. When these payments were made, because it was a legal obligation on RTÉ to make the payments, we should have declared them. We have put our hands up in terms of that and how we compiled the figures and published them. RTÉ published inaccurate information about its top earner.