Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Do you accept that you damaged RTÉ last week and that you have also caused enormous difficulties for those in the independent production sector? I understand from freelance crews that no projects have been approved for March and April. These are people's jobs, their schedules, their productions. Any project over €1 million has to go through the board yet we do not have a functioning board because there is no chair. Do you accept that you have caused damage to the independent production sector because of the decisions you made last Thursday and the result now that we have no chair and no functioning board of RTÉ?