Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-27
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Alison Comyn (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I thank the MEPs for attending. They do tremendous work in Europe on behalf of all their communities in the Midlands-North-West constituency. I love the diversity, that we all came from different backgrounds. Mr. Mullooly and I left the fourth estate and moved to the first estate, as it is called. Some would say we leapt from the frying pan into the fire. I hope he is enjoying his role as much as I am.
Mr. Mullooly left in 2021. I have been working all week to make sure RTÉ is providing value for money to its viewers. It is State-funded. Did he understand, when he accepted his voluntary redundancy from RTÉ back in June 2021, that his midlands correspondent role would likely only be vacant for 13 months? Did he believe RTÉ was permanently abolishing-----

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Sitting date: 2026-05-27