Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The Social Democrats believe that the Minister, Deputy Naughten, has no choice but to recuse himself from any role in media regulation. Legitimate concerns have been raised regarding the relationship between key players and media business in Ireland. The Minister has a quasi-judicial function in this. It is part of the reason he would not reply to me in this House when he was giving information to somebody on behalf of one of the key players. That requires an answer here. I also take exception to being misled yet again in this Dáil when I asked a parliamentary question. I believe I was misled in respect of those replies on 6 December 2016 when someone else was told that the decision was already made. The Minister needs to address that.

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