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Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am calling for a debate in this House on the alleged payment of a settlement of €100,000 to a former detective sergeant, Alan Bailey, by RTE after he was defamed by the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, six years ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: No, it is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I have been paying RTE for a television licence - the current annual fee is €160 - for the last 30 years. I am entitled to ask for clarification on where my licence fee is going.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: The point-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I have. I would like to enlighten Senator Norris because he needs to be enlightened.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: It is also in the Senator's paper - the Irish Independent - by the way.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: The case was settled, lo and behold, the day the Minister met the RTE authority - last Tuesday, 8 May 2012 - and then the RTE authority was not abolished.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: The chairman was not abolished by the Minister. What a coincidence.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I would like this House to debate the conduct of RTE. As far as I can see, RTE did not publish the details of this settlement on its website. When I checked the website earlier today, there was no mention of this case.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: Fr. Kevin Reynolds was maligned by RTE. The chairman and the board of RTE were sacked by a Fianna Fáil Minister after Kevin O'Kelly interviewed Seán Mac Stiofáin contrary to section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I would like to know where else I can raise this matter. I have asked the Deputy Leader to give me an opportunity to make this point.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I want to raise this issue and to get a response on it from RTE, which is a State company. We can be sure this will not be broadcast on "Oireachtas Report".

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: There is silence on the other side.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I do not think-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: In fairness, we were elected to this House. I am entitled to ask questions of the Deputy Leader of the House. I want to know whether it is possible for me to raise this issue in an orderly manner.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I wonder whether such a request would be granted. I do not think it would be allowed because RTE is a semi-State company.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: There is a whitewash in this regard. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, has been whitewashed. He should have been liable for the €100,000.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: He libelled the garda in question. It was not RTE.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: There has been a cover-up. RTE has been saved by the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, because of the cover-up.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Deputy Leader of the House to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to the House as soon as possible to discuss the internment without trial of 4,700 political prisoners in Palestine by the Israeli Government. It is called administrative detention. There are currently 1,600 political prisoners on hunger strike and two of them have gone over 70 days. This...