Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I call for a debate on media in general, similar to the themes that have been raised by those calling for a debate on the presidential election coverage. The problem is that we preside over a national media that we praise constantly for its integrity. The reality is that we do not have reportage. We do not have newspapers, but "viewspapers". We do not have a national broadcaster that reports the news but we have a national broadcaster which reports a complexion it wishes to place on the facts that are promoted per day. Frankly, it does not matter who is in government, whether it is a Fine Gael and Labour Party Government, a Fianna Fáil Government, or Sinn Féin and so on.