Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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It did not trouble Mr. O'Rourke at all, even in light of where we have come from and where we have arrived at in the context of the culture at RTÉ. I reiterate I have the height of respect for the vast majority of the staff at RTÉ, but the corporate governance was simply appalling. As someone who has been self-employed for 42 years, I know well about regulations and the laws of the land, which have been flouted flagrantly, especially in regard to the tax code and the Social Welfare Consolidation Act. Representatives of the National Union of Journalists, NUJ, appeared before the committee recently and even they argued that. There is a rotten culture and it is wrong. It is in breach of the law. I understand that Mr. O'Rourke says he is not running the day-to-day operations but is overseeing them as chair, but how does he intend to deal with the legacy? In his position as chair rather than CEO, how does he intend to deal with the culture that is there? We in the committee were told a €50 million fund has been put away in anticipation of a settlement with Revenue.