Mr. Éanna Ó Conghaile:

Mr. O'Keeffe will follow on the issue of the community broadcasting sector but we are conscious of its role. Under the legislation, it is one of the three pillars of Irish broadcasting. My division is undertaking a report and we have engaged with members of CRAOL over recent months trying to get a handle on the issues facing the sector because community broadcasters face specific issues as a very much voluntary sector to which quite a different funding model applies. We have engaged with them and we hope to complete a report for the Minister on the sector by year end. We will hope to use the report to identify the issues and potentially any solutions that we can put in place from a policy perspective. I am sure Mr. O'Keeffe will add to that later.

There is a requirement under the legislation that there should be one television licence per premises or per household. That is why, for instance, holiday homes are covered by the requirement to have a television licence. In a block of apartments, each apartment, which is a separate household, is required to have a single licence. No matter how many devices are in a household, one licence will cover them.

The Deputy referred to the evasion rate of 13.75%. That is 13.75% of all licences that should be in existence. I hope that answers the question.