Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)

I hope the Minister is serious about tackling this matter at a micro level in Leinster House. I find the system which decides on who sits in the Press Gallery astonishing. The single owner I referred to earlier has someone in Leinster House who controls who comes in and out of the Gallery. This needs to be addressed. While there may be nothing untoward going on in this regard, it is about how it is perceived. How else can one perceive it when the chief political correspondent of the largest newspaper in the country has a major say over who else can report on what is happening in the Dáil? Will the Minister address this matter as well?

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