Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a number of questions. TG4 is a wonderful station and I know many people who watch it regularly. Some of them do not have great Irish, but they enjoy the content and it is helpful that programmes are subtitled. Many youngsters enjoy watching programmes like "Sesame Street" or "The Muppet Show" which have been dubbed in Irish. That is a great idea.

We have a huge diaspora, but does TG4 see a role for itself in reaching out to them? I am not sure how the process works, but does TG4 have a role in selling on its product so that people in Australia or America can tune in and watch programmes that it has commissioned and broadcast? How do production companies tender for work with TG4? Do they come to TG4 with ideas or does TG4 come up with the ideas and then reach out to them?