Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I will try to answer the range of points Deputy Patrick O’Donovan has made. I might bring in Mr. Nally if he has anything specific to add to the point made about “Claire Byrne Live”.

In terms of Claire Byrne and the Eamon Dunphy film, Eamon Dunphy was not portrayed as being independent. He was portrayed very clearly as doing an authored report on France, of which he has some experience. This is part of what we do, namely, to bring different perspectives. So long as we label authored reports clearly, we are not pretending the person is independent, but they do provide a different view. The important thing over time is that we have a range of different views doing authored reports that can bring something different. The report was different. It was provocative. People might agree or disagree with much of what Eamon Dunphy had to say but if I recall, there was a robust debate afterwards.