Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

It is not on the same issue, although I plead with the Taoiseach to take on board the fact that €14 million will be needed to repair roads in my county after all the damage.

The new broadcasting legislation required the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to carry out an exhaustive process to come up with recommendations for appointments to the RTE board and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI. Five Cabinet meetings later, we still have no indication about whether the appointments have been made or whether the Minister has come forward with recommendations for them. Will the Taoiseach defend the honour of the Government on this issue?

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