Ms Dee Forbes:

It is an important part of the principles of RTÉ to be unbiased, impartial and objective. We have strict journalistic guidelines to go along with this. We have our own internal check and balances. If one takes the current referendum, we have a strict process for measuring the amount of broadcast time given to each side. There is a group in place to do this. We take the matter seriously. I hope the Deputy will appreciate that we have to look at it in the round. On one programme one may get one particular viewpoint and the same viewpoint in another. We have to make sure that, in a given week, we are being impartial, unbiased, etc. It is a big principle and for what we stand. We take it very seriously.