Much has been said today about leaked documents and about trying to influence the outcome of a certain report in terms of the media but there is another report to which I want to refer. It is a report related to the highest office, the Office of Uachtaráin na hÉireann, the President of Ireland. I am sure everyone here would agree that the Office of the President is above repute. However, I am not so sure that RTE and the Ministers, Deputies Gilmore and Rabbitte, would agree. I was flabbergasted to read coverage of this in the Sunday Independent over the weekend and, on listening back to a "Newstalk Breakfast" programme last week, to hear David Nally, the editor of RTE news and current affairs, say on that programme that he accepted that the "Frontline" programme changed the outcome of the presidential election, and that this is what was printed.

A distinguished gentleman who has been a Member of this House for many years was a candidate in that election and there were also other candidates in it. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, and the RTE Authority tried to sabotage the outcome of that election and undermine the Office of Uachtaráin na hÉireann. They have done a disservice to the people and to the Office of the President. The Attorney General needs to brought into this equation to provide us with her advice on the role of RTE-----

Not just RTE.

-----the role of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the damage-----

There are other sections of the media that should be looked at.

Absolutely, but it is RTE in this case. It is a very serious issue particularly when it is the State broadcaster.

I am glad that Newstalk radio and other members of the media highlighted the shortcomings at the weekend. Fair play to them. We need to have a debate on it in this House because democracy is being challenged. Democracy was altered.

The Deputy has a new found interest in democracy.

The people were told to vote based on misinformation provided on one of the largest television shows prior to that election. It was a disgrace and that disgrace is going unchallenged by the Government and by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. That is an affront to democracy.

The Senator is over his time.

I ask the Leader, if he is interested, to arrange for an emergency debate in this House to discuss the findings of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland report, its comments after the RTE report, the shortcomings of the RTE report and the reason the Minister let those shortcomings go unchallenged. We need to have that debate. We also need the advice of the Attorney General.

The Senator is way over his time.

This House deserves to have that advice within the next number of weeks because a disservice has been done to the people and every other candidate in that election.

Senator Ó Domhnaill is way over his time.

I will take no lectures from Sinn Féin having regard to its role in the sabotaging as well.

The Senator must respect the Chair. I call Senator O'Sullivan.