Mr. Michael O'Keeffe:

We take the view that in the case of television, 95% of the funding goes to independent producers. In terms of the broadcasters that can support them, it is a narrow field in that it is TV3, TG4, RTE, Setanta and occasionally the Northern Ireland broadcasters that will support projects. The money goes to the independent producers to allow them to make the programming. I know there was some suggestion that RTE was getting a significant amount of the funding. From the 2012 figures, RTE received 38% of the total fund but in fact RTE did not receive any of that funding because the money went to the independent producers whose programmes were broadcast on RTE. Part of the situation is the television sector here is narrower than in some other jurisdictions.