Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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Is Mr. O'Rourke willing to not be captured by executives like previous boards have been, to insist on fairness and to insist that we cut out the speak where Eversheds and 2018 are constantly being referred to as the starting point of this issue when we all know it is not and that it goes back much further than that?

As the new chair, it would be refreshing for Mr. O’Rourke to come in and stamp that out. It has been immediately happening again today from the person on his left. I cannot believe she has the gumption to come back in here again today and use the same language she was using the last time around. It is not good enough. We all know there are workers out there and their situations have been ignored systemically by the executives at RTÉ, including Ms Cusack. Is this going to change? We have heard an awful lot over the last 12 months about culture change. If this level of language is going to continue again here today, 12 months after the debacle first arose in regard to the payments scandal, I am going to leave this room today not convinced there is any change in culture. As the new chairman, is Mr. O’Rourke going to ensure that that culture will actually change through actions?