Mr. Ed Mulhall:

The decision in terms of putting anyone on air is made by the editor of the programme. In cases where there is a particularly sensitive issue, I have described how the editorial line goes. If there was a particular sensitive issue relating to a legal matter, a balance issue or something like that, it might go up. In the case of "Morning Ireland" it might go up to the series editor of "Morning Ireland", escalate to the managing editor of radio or up to me. That is the chain in terms of "Morning Ireland". In the case of something like the Governor of the Central Bank wishing to make a statement on a matter of extreme current interest, it would be a very straightforward decision by the editor to make the decision himself to put him on.