Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Ms Forbes and her colleagues from RTÉ. I thank them for their presentation. I wrote to Ms Forbes on 24 October on the matter of Lyric FM. I am from Limerick. Obviously, I have grave concerns about the future of Lyric FM. We all acknowledge that public service broadcasting needs to be overhauled. Ms Forbes made a fine presentation about that. The commission is reporting. I understand the Taoiseach has said that as part of today's allocation of €10 million, the board will be asked to defer its decision until the commission reports at the end of next year. I know this has to be put to the board. I think this is a very fair question. I would like to hear what Ms Forbes has to say on it. We are talking about the jobs of 20 permanent people and five or six part-time people. This affects their families because many of them have children in school. They have made a life for themselves in Limerick. I understand that the combined cost of the rental and the rates is approximately €250,000. Many proposals have been made from within Limerick. The greater stakeholder group that was set up by the lead authority, which is the local authority, has made many proposals, including a proposal with regard to the University of Limerick. Other stakeholders have formed a group and are coming with proposals. I would like to know whether Ms Forbes has any comments to make in that regard.