As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, last week on behalf of Sinn Féin I made a request that the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, come before the Dáil to answer questions from the Opposition on this whole mess with RTÉ and the effective sacking of Siún Ní Raghallaigh. The Government did not agree to this last week. It did not facilitate any questions being asked by the Opposition. We now have a lengthy statement by Siún Ní Raghallaigh in the public domain, which throws a very different light on the presentation by the Minister, Deputy Martin. Therefore, I ask the Taoiseach again whether he will ensure the Minister, Deputy Martin, comes before the Dáil this week to take questions from the Opposition following the dramatic intervention by Siún Ní Raghallaigh yesterday.

Yesterday's dramatic statement by the former chair of the RTÉ board, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, clearly raises more questions for the Minister, Deputy Martin, and, indeed, the Government to respond to. I echo the calls that have been made for statements, questions and answers to be scheduled before the Dáil this week so we can finally put this matter to rest, because this has dragged on too long. It is distracting from real business, such as housing and Government failures on healthcare. These are the issues we should be debating, but the chaotic goings-on at RTÉ have been exacerbated by the Minister's actions and we need to have a final question and answer session on this.

On the same issue, I too am looking for time. Indeed, I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle and the Business Committee to ask for time to be allocated this week in the Dáil, including time for questions and answers. This is an extraordinary press release by the former chair of the board. A new chair was just appointed today. Leaving this with unresolved questions is not the way to resolve the many issues in RTÉ. This absolutely has to happen this week because the Dáil will be in recess next week, and if the new chair is to start on the right footing, these issues need to be addressed in this House this week.

The shambles in RTÉ has rolled on for approximately nine months now. It is clearly the Government's responsibility. It has failed to put this mess to bed and to sort out the governance issues. The Minister needs to answer questions so we can get beyond this debacle. Let us remember that it is the public and the workers in RTÉ who have done nothing wrong who are having to stomach this debacle and the failure of the Government to address it.