Mr. Pierce O'Reilly:

We have hit the nail on the head. There should be a stipulation in the broadcasting Bill to the effect that a certain amount of funding is put aside for the local authorities to support the roll-out of local media, whether radio or television. I hope Irish TV fits into this in the sense that we will be the broadcast or media partners for the 32 county authorities. That would represent a win-win scenario for the county authorities, because local authorities must get their message sold on local radio. Now, we are providing the local television service to broadcast that message as well. It would stand as a structured system if it was put back into the local authorities on a 32 county or 26 county basis.