RTÉ children's programming
The Leader continued on RTÉ, saying outsourcing need not mean lower quality and that Irish creatives can produce strong children's content. He argued the broadcaster should have raised the issue at committee.
Senator Terry Leyden showed his age by mentioning "Wanderly Wagon". I am impressed that he remembers it.
Comment on this
To be fair, RTE's output of young people's programming was the vehicle that propelled many of today's stars into stardom. I hope it will continue to allow such creativity to flourish. I do not share Senator Terry Leyden's view that it will be outsourced to America, England and so on. There is a considerable amount of talent and number of creative people in Ireland who could produce such programming and I hope RTE will pursue that approach, but the issue should have been addressed at the committee.