Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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Tá fáilte roimh an cathaoirleach nua agus na daoine eile freisin. The bit of Irish at the start of the opening statement was very nice. Mr. O'Rourke has a big job. Senator Byrne asked him his role on the board of the ESB and about the phone call he received from the Minister inviting him to become cathaoirleach of the board of RTÉ. I ask him please not to take the following question as in any way disparaging. He said he worked at KPMG for years. Would he not see himself as kind of an insider? He took the job and I wish him well in it, but I am just asking whether, given he has worked at the ESB, he might be seen as an insider?