Mr. Mark Griffin:

There are a couple of things on that. I am sorry I was not in a position to provide the level of detail required by the Chairman and Deputy Cullinane this morning. If one looks at what is required by a service level agreement, a great deal of it is covered by the Broadcasting Act 2009. The Act sets out the public service objects of the public service broadcasters, which are RTÉ and TG4. RTÉ and TG4 must provide public service statements, statements of strategy and annual statements of performance commitments. Annual reviews are carried out by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and presented to the Minister. There is a five-year review on the adequacy of funding. As I said earlier, the accounts are independently audited, published by the organisations and go before the Government and so on. We obtained legal advice at a point in time - I will need to check when - and it said that a service level agreement was not appropriate given the comprehensive provisions governing strategy objects in the Broadcasting Act and, separately, the fact that RTÉ and TG4 are independent in their functions. I also note that, in accordance with the 2016 code of governance, we will be putting in place an oversight agreement between the Department and RTÉ before the end of the year. It is also the case, of course, that RTÉ reports to the relevant joint committee on a regular basis on a whole range of issues. On the point Deputy Cullinane raised, presenters' fees account for 1% of overall company costs. I will set this out in a more structured way in a response to the committee.