Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I too thank Radio Kerry. I will not list all the names but I know each and every one of them and thank them from the bottom of my heart for what they are doing for the people of Kerry and indeed the people of west Cork and the surrounding areas. However, we are here to talk about RTÉ. We are talking about taxpayers' money and the licence fee that people pay. I am questioning what they are getting in return for that licence fee. What we see is a rollover of programmes going back 30 or 40 years, apart from TG4, which makes a good attempt and has to be applauded.

Dee Forbes was vilified from the start. We are supposed to believe that she wrote the contract for all the stars, that she did the legal work and that she did the auditing and all that. I do not believe that. I am asking Dee Forbes to come in here when she is able and give her account, because there are two sides to every story and in many cases, there are three or four sides.

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