Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

She has not answered it. I am talking about a court case in the public domain. RTÉ has not changed the policy. With two ladies at the helm - and I wish them well and have no animosity towards them - I am surprised that this policy has not changed. People are getting emails nine months before they are due to retire to tell them that the date is coming. Ms Forbes has said she would engage with everyone. That is not an answer. We know of certain deals with some of the male presenters, whose names I will not mention, who are there at 66 or 69. It seems very strange that in the present climate, RTÉ cannot make right what was found to be wrong by the courts.

The same goes back to the situation with paying Revenue. While RTÉ outright denies there are any strange practices going on in terms of subcontractors or whatever, will there be huge social welfare bills?

Gaeilge, ár dteanga, is certainly not the only area to feel cuts. Does Ms Forbes work with Foras na Gaeilge, Conradh na Gaeilge or Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the people who try to promote our language and culture? Does she engage with them? I received considerable complaints about the content this Christmas and I will not even go into new year's debacle. There are problems and it is just not good enough.

I disagree with some of my colleagues about the coverage of the pandemic. What type of funding has the Government paid in advertising to RTÉ? There was no balance and it instilled fear into our elderly population, in particular, who have RTÉ, do not use other channels and pay the licence fee. I am deeply critical of and have many more questions about that, because it frightened the life out of people and went totally over the top. Nobody with a different narrative was allowed near the place or inside the front gate. RTÉ did not cover protests that were held and gave suspect numbers of figures of those who attended them.