Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That does not deal with the culture. It is all grand now because RTÉ has been found out. The committee is trying to elicit answers through the Chair and we cannot get them. The public are aghast. When I go to RTÉ I am well treated by decent, ordinary people who are working hard late into the night and giving their service. It is unbelievable to see this. Putin would not get away with some of the tricks RTÉ got away with. I hate using that parlance but this is "Ballymagash", back to Frank Hall. Goodness gracious we have come a long way since then. RTÉ must take the public, including the poor people who pay their taxes and licence fees, for complete patsies and fools. RTÉ is making a case for additional licence fees while it crushes TG4 and wonderful smaller stations.

When Ms Forbes was here with her partner, whose name I cannot remember - that is no disrespect to her, I just do not remember it - I asked her about a female producer who had contacted me because she was forced to resign at 65.