Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

First, on a procedural issue, Members are discussing too many amendments together at once as a number of themes must be discussed. The first of these is how we select, elect if necessary and approve the new board, from the point of view of the broadcasting authority of Ireland, the so-called corporation, RTE, and the compliance committees. I want to address this first, then consider whether we should have board members from sectoral interests. I hope the Acting Chairman will allow me to contribute a number of times on this group of amendments, otherwise I will stay on my feet and go through them all.

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