Ms Breda O'Keeffe:

As Ms Forbes has outlined, many of these contractors are brought in for short durations. We are talking about sports analysts, for example, or those who are brought in for events like the Eurovision song contest. They do not fall into the category the Deputy is talking about. Contracts of a longer duration can apply to on-air presenters, producers, directors and researchers, etc. Of the 472 people we contracted in the year in question, 391 of them were sole traders and 81 of them were incorporated limited companies.