Seanad debates

Tuesday, 12 November 2002

Second Interim Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments: Statements.

 

The chapter on broadcasting and Century Radio is entirely divorced of its political context. Political context is not something of which I would be particularly proud but it is relevant to the decisions. RTÉ was blamed by Fianna Fáil for causing the unsatisfactory 1989 general election result, particularly the constant hammering about the crisis in the health services. There was quite a vindictive mood afterwards. There is no reference of any kind to that in the tribunal report. I do not believe the actions that were taken can be entirely attributed to financial contributions.

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