Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Maloney stated RTE is precious to people but when one takes people for granted, one loses them. Radio is experiencing a golden age currently. The hurling commentary this year was phenomenal and it was much better to listen to on radio. There is also good stuff happening in the independent radio sector. RTE no longer has a monopoly on public service broadcasting and it should not have a monopoly on the licence fee. In my county, 60% of us listen to Mid-West Radio because the delegation's predecessors took us for granted 30 or 40 years ago.
I refer to an issue that has been discussed by the committee and with which Mr. Jennings will be familiar, which is the broadcast of The Late Late Showin 2009 regarding the circumstances of the murder of Sebastian Creane.