Ms Dee Forbes:

On the broader point on digital per se, one of the key factors the last number of years has been our transition to become a digital-first organisation. Deputy Dooley mentioned earlier what we had done over the last number of years, and I think news has been at the forefront of that in terms of becoming a digital-first organisation, whether it is through RTÉ News Now or rte.ie, and that whole approach to servicing the public digitally first. Ten years ago, one would have held back the story until the "RTÉ News: Six One" but now it goes out as it happens. There has been a huge investment in news and around our capability in that area. That is already showing pretty good dividends. RTÉ News Now has been averaging about 100 million page views, for example, so we have seen a huge trajectory growth.

We have had some issues with the RTÉ Player. The issues have been twofold. The technology is moving at an incredible pace in terms of development. We have to invest more in the technology and we have committed to doing that. That is the first thing. The second thing is that the complexity of what the RTÉ Player offers versus let us say Netflix is very different, because we are offering both on-demand content, so one can watch a box set, but we are also live-streaming, so one can watch a match, "Fair City" or whatever live. That has been the huge growth area for us in the last year. Again, that requires better infrastructure. It also requires us to think differently internally. It has been a huge learning curve, and I am disappointed that the RTÉ Player has had issues, but we are in a technological place that is advancing at a huge pace, and we have committed to develop and to spend more money on that.