RTÉ pay controversy: Behaviour of PAC members

Several other PAC members said they wanted only short answers or yes or no answers. That is not procedurally correct or fair. If a question or an accusation is put, especially in relation to a serious and complex matter, the witness has to be allowed to respond appropriately.PAC member Verona Murphy, Ind, used her allocated time to hector Adrian Lynch aggressively to confirm whether he would resign if Ryan Tubridy sued for being taken off air.

Ms Murphy argued that Mr Lynch’s action was likely to cost the taxpayer a fortune. In so doing, she conveniently forgot that the PAC had itself cost the taxpayer a fortune when costs were awarded against the PAC by the Supreme Court arising from the case of Angela Kerins, Rehab chief executive, who was before the PAC in 2014.

PAC member John Brady, SF, spent much of his allocated time hounding Mr Collins to disclose his salary. I don’t believe a judge would have allowed that question – or not without a detailed explanation – as it was not relevant to an inquiry into payments to Mr Tubridy. Mr Collins was not on trial. I could go on. For example, Alan Kelly, Labour, demanded barter account records going back 20 years. No court would grant that on discovery, or not readily.

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