Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ms Forbes has not answered the question I asked. There is concern about why RTÉ thinks it is going to save money by moving to Dublin or Cork. RTÉ is reducing what Lyric FM will be, otherwise there will be no savings there. Limerick is probably the cheapest place to run it. Ms Forbes, if she has ever been to the Cornmarket, will know how big it is and how cheap it is compared to Dublin 4, for instance.

On the issue of staff finding out about this through the media, whose fault was that and how did that happen? It was disgraceful that people who were committed to RTÉ and to Lyric FM found out about this from media reports. Ms Forbes told us earlier, and correct me if I am wrong, that RTÉ will start to engage with staff, starting on Friday. It is two months later and this is the first discussion RTÉ is going to have with the staff of Lyric FM. It is treating people with contempt and it is not good enough.