Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Yes, and this is correctly raised.

A Cheann Comhairle, you encourage me on a regular basis to put down parliamentary questions. Yesterday, I acceded to your wishes and asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, the number of occasions on which he met with representatives of management and staff of the public and private broadcasting sectors in each of the past three years to date, the subject matter of such discussions and the outcome.

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