Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister must forget about that. He has reached the Cabinet table. He must make the right decisions and commit to working on the basis of the recommendations of the committee. Fianna Fáil will participate in the committee as a member of the Opposition. We did not stand back when it came to recommending difficult decisions on the future of public service broadcasting. The Minister has yet to act on those recommendations. He has political cover from the committee and I am sure he will again have that on this issue but he must be committed to taking the tough decisions that will earn him a place in the history books.

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