Ryan Tubridy's performance at Oireachtas commitees will be must-see TV

Given reports that some pubs will be broadcasting proceedings live, Tuesday's meetings are likely to be the most watched Oireachtas committee sessions in history.

Broadcaster Ryan Tubridy, right, and agent Noel Kelly will face hours of questioning at Dáil committees on Tuesday. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin.

Nearly three weeks after RTÉ announced that he had been paid more than had been publicly declared, Ryan Tubridy will give his side of the story on Tuesday.

TDs and senators will be queueing up, RTÉ references in hand, to get answers from the former Late Late Show host about how a deal was reached which guaranteed him additional income from a commercial partner, underwritten by the broadcaster.