Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I would like the Minister for Foreign Affairs to come here and explain to us the Government's position on the hijacking of the Iraqi arms dossier by the United States. United States officials are the only people to have the full dossier and apparently they are editing it before it is given to anybody else. The Minister for Foreign Affairs should explain our role on the Security Council, if somebody else is to filter the information available to us. That issue is of central importance to the safety of this planet and we should debate it.

The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources should come here to explain what the Government is proposing to do with the RTÉ licence fee, and its proposals for RTÉ and public broadcasting generally. There is an atmosphere of rumour and confusion at present that is serving no purpose in terms of RTÉ's future.