Mr Ray Burke, former minister for communications, was pointed out by Mr Oliver Barry as "the one that's going to give us our licence", a consultant to Century Radio has told the Flood Tribunal in a statement.
The tribunal also heard Century Radio was known as "Radio Fianna Fail".
Mr Ray Hills, a consultant who is due to appear before the tribunal on Tuesday, has made a statement that in the Shelbourne Bar in Dublin, in the presence of Mr James Stafford, he asked Mr Barry who Mr Burke was.
"Oh that's the minister, Ray Burke. He's the one that's going to give us our licence," Mr Barry replied, according to the statement.
The statement added that this was said before Century Radio made submissions to the Independent Radio and Television Commission for the national radio licence.
Mr Stafford said he did not remember the occasion in the Shelbourne Bar, which was said to have happened after a meeting at Mr Stafford's office, nearby.
Mr Stafford said he never heard the comment used to Mr Hills.
Mr Stafford also told the tribunal one of the reasons Mr P.J. Mara, then government press secretary, would not have been given a job in Century Radio was to protect the integrity of the radio station. "Century was already being described as `Radio Fianna Fail', which it was not, and this could have compromised our integrity," he said.
He said employing a high-profile individual such as Mr Mara might have been negative for Century. "Just impossible, just could not be. First of all it would be a huge conflict of interest . . . we couldn't have the government press secretary acting as a consultant," he said.
The tribunal also heard Century Radio considered taking the matter of RTE's "dual funding" to the European Commission for breaching competition laws but decided against it.