Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday's dramatic statement by the former chair of the RTÉ board, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, clearly raises more questions for the Minister, Deputy Martin, and, indeed, the Government to respond to. I echo the calls that have been made for statements, questions and answers to be scheduled before the Dáil this week so we can finally put this matter to rest, because this has dragged on too long. It is distracting from real business, such as housing and Government failures on healthcare. These are the issues we should be debating, but the chaotic goings-on at RTÉ have been exacerbated by the Minister's actions and we need to have a final question and answer session on this.

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