Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

3:45 pm

Photo of Paschal MooneyPaschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Now that he has outlined specific areas of policy that are affecting the diaspora, it would be opportune if the Minister of State were to come before us in order that we might have an opportunity to discuss matters with him. If we had a debate of even one hour's duration, it would be very welcome.

I echo the comments made by Senator Barrett in respect of RTE's long wave 252 service. This issue has not gone away and RTE has been receiving a voluminous amount of correspondence from members of diaspora, particularly those in the UK, in the two to three weeks since it was first raised. I call on RTE to reverse its decision in respect of the service. A new RTE authority is due to be appointed in the coming months. Two thirds of the members of this authority will be appointed between now and Christmas. I call on these as yet unnamed members - the Government will inform us of their identities in due course - to reverse the decision to which I refer. Even the members of the outgoing authority could seek to reverse it in the coming weeks. There is no doubt that it should be reversed without any further delay.

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