Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

Golden circle unto themselves.

A solicitor for former RTÉ director general Dee Forbes has said that she is not "fit or able" to engage with the Oireachtas Committee on Media.

In a short letter to the committee, her solicitor said that Ms Forbes is under "active medical care" and that "further medical information" to confirm that she is "unfit to participate in any processes at this time can be provided with the requirement that it is kept confidential".

On Friday 23 February, the committee wrote to Ms Forbes, requesting that she engage with members either in person, through written statement or via video link.

On foot of receiving the committee's letter, the solicitor "sought instructions" from their client.

Ms Forbes' solicitor stated in the letter to the committee that they were instructed that she is "unfit to be involved in any process even with the offer of video links/breaks/written evidence etc.".

(Maybe stop her pension)

One of the things I’ve observed and learned in life is that the guilty run and hide.

She has her reasons for avoiding questions but it looks damning for her.

Not even the most gullible walking amongst us believe, for one second, that there is anything wrong with her other than fear of implicating herself.

She is fooling no one.

so she is not even able to sit in her nice comfy chair in her own home and answer some questions on decisions SHE made!……is this woman on her death bed or what??…utter nonsense and if this is allowed to happen, it’s a clear two fingers to every household in the country who paid their TV licence during her tenure. Shameful.

Pure and simple these sick notes are from her gp who knows they’ll never be contested due to lack of any power the pac have to challenge him. I wonder how quick the gp be writing letters if this was a court of law. Might lose the ink in the pen

Absolutely fcuking outrageous.

She's an utter disgrace.

An absolute fcuking disgrace.

It never fails to amaze me, that people in certain sections of society, can shout like lunatics looking for other people (ordinary tax payers) to pay more. Yet, when accountability comes knocking they clam up and do anything to get out of being held accountable for their actions.

If I ****-up I am held accountable to a board, I do not have personal protection for decisions I make that cost the company/organisation money. I cannot hide behind a doctors note. If I do something illegal (or outside my powers) I can be held criminally liable.

Yet, here we have Ms. Forbes hiding. I’m sorry she bumped her toe off a step. Doctors note be damned, change the laws and hold those in public office personally liable for their actions. That should sort out a LOT of this BS.

Cowardice stops her from answering questions in any format.

A woman without a back bone. Without a moral compass.

Completely lacking in responsibility.

Hang your head in shame DF. We know you're too afraid to explain your deceitful ways. We know you're too cowardly to come out and face the PAC.

We know.

Not easiest thing to eat either.

This boils my piss. You get a job like this, it comes with accountability as well as a pay cheque. And that accountability doesn't stop the day you leave. Yet every trick in the book gets pulled out to avoid being accountable for the job she did.

An absolute coward and a charlatan. Sadly reflective of a lot of people in powerful positions.

Was about to post exactly this. I think it it's a two fingered salute to PAC and the taxpayers. It's not even disguised as anything else.

At the very least the letter should have stated that Dee Forbes would be very willing to engage with the committee in the future once she's "better".

But why would she bother in even that pretence when she knows she can't be touched.

She is responsible for wasting millions of euro.of licence payer fees.

Can someone not sue the ass of her.

Id like to see how smart she would be if she had to hand over a few hundred grand to her legal team.