Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said it is not up to him or the Parliament to oversee the day-to-day operations of RTE. Yes, but if this Parliament and the Minister do not say that was wrong, if we do not identify it as being wrong, we support it and it will happen again and again. There will be people out there waiting to be offended, doing automated word searches to find offence. I know people, many of whom would have been far more seriously aggrieved at what was said to them on RTE, but who did not rush to claim money. This Parliament needs to point out that this was wrong and we do not want to see it happen again.

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