Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I think it is important that we end on a positive note. I believe that each and every person here values public service media. In response to some comments made today, I would like to put on the record the incredible work that is done by the staff in RTÉ. We saw, especially through Covid, high-quality, trustworthy, reliable information in a difficult situation. We all appreciated that and we still do. It is incredibly important in this day and age that we have access to reliable, trustworthy information. I would like to say thank you to the staff who do that and who provide essential cultural content, sporting content and entertainment. In putting on the record an appreciation of that, I believe I speak for a majority of people here. That is why my focus is on this finally being the Government that grasps the nettle and puts RTÉ on a sure footing. It is important to put that on the record.

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