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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Radio Dublin. RTE’s financial position
Summary
Mr. Kelly challenged the Department’s reported claim that protecting RTE’s finances was a function in this area, and the Minister stood by the reasons he had given; the Chair ruled it a separate question.
Is the Minister aware that the Department issued a statement, through the GIS, about ten days ago in which the Department said that one of its functions in this regard was to protect the financial position of RTE? Does the Minister recognise that is a different motive from everything he has been telling the House today and one which is a great deal less respectable than the one which he has advanced but with which everybody agrees?
