Maurice
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Those two issues, those are two committees going on today.
Which is the one that's getting all the coverage?
That may be, you may be on the point there.
And this probably backs up to the point that I'm making.
It's very easy to go after RTE because, in some ways, the politicians are one step, if not two steps, removed.
Whereas the health service, they are directly responsible.
Maybe not directly responsible, but certainly have a much greater input in terms of the resources and in terms of how the health services are organised and disorganised, as the case may be.
But, like, seriously, you know, somebody in a hospital sort of
you know, maybe going to be dealt with a nurse or a doctor who's been working 16, 17 hours because they can't get a proper replacement.
And we're worried about whether somebody's been paid, whether somebody's a producer or a director.
And in a semi-republic, semi-public organization, I think one of the difficulties, just a comment on RTE, and I think where it is, and I was saying this yesterday, is that I think RTE is a publicly funded organization that operates in some parts as a commercial private organization.
And if you like, the couturing of the auditors a few years ago that made that decision to put Derek Mooney down as a producer rather than a presenter.
And I'm sure there are CFOs up and down the country shrugging their shoulders and saying, so what, should they do that on a daily basis in private businesses?
Now, I'm showing my cynicism perhaps a little bit in regard to private business, but a lot of private businesses do that.
A good accountant, they will move money around from one place to another, will categorize funds from one to the other in order to, for tax purposes or for whatever reason.
And it seems to me that that's what the mindset, and I'm not condoning that mindset, but that is a mindset that operates especially in a purely capitalist society.
And I think RT has that in its culture.