Mr. David Nally:

If I could start with an admission, I am from Dublin. I apologise for this. It is true that for the first six programmes of "Claire Byrne Live", Fianna Fáil was not on it. Deputy Barry Cowen has since been on about water charges; Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív was on talking about rural Ireland and if Deputy Micheál Martin had accepted the invitation Fianna Fáil would by now have appeared on the programme more than any other Opposition party. While I understand the concern when a run of programmes goes by and any party does not appear on it, I think it is misleading to freeze-frame any programme over a six-week period and judge the figures on that. These things have to be judged over a long period and if this is done, it will be found that there has not been any bias against Fianna Fáil.