Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for not being here to hear the entire debate. I was caught in the Chamber and am at a disadvantage.

On a slightly lighter note, I note that on the bottom of page 3 of the statement received, it is stated that without TV3, viewers would be reliant on State-funded television news, which is not ideal for a functioning democracy and a blow to plurality. It is not the view of most Members of the Oireachtas and, I suspect, members of the last Government that RTE is being partial towards them in the presentation of news. In fact, the contrary might be the case. That is just an amusing aside.

The witnesses might comment. There might be all-party agreement on that.