Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

We are not talking about a proposal coming from this side of the House. We are talking about an all-party proposal, namely, a requirement to annul SI 7 of 2010. It is not just coming from Deputy Coveney and myself. This is a request from an all-party committee set up by the Oireachtas. The statutory instrument is in the name of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and not of the Minister.

The Taoiseach is responsible for what happens in Government and we now have a situation where a piece of secondary legislation does not have the support of the Government. What is he going to do about it?

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