Mr. Stuart Switzer:

The model of commissioning has served us well but there is not enough children's programming being commissioned by RTÉ. The backdrop to and the reason why is the difficult financial state in which the public service broadcaster is.

In 2019, €39 million was spent on independent production. If we go back to 2008, it was €75 million. In 2019, the independent sector produced 475 hours of TV, while in 2008 we produced 850 hours. That encapsulates the challenge. We must capture the young into the fold of Irish television. The way to do that is to generate more funding for our public service broadcaster, as well as our commercial broadcaster, to ensure they can commission programming. Undoubtedly, the skills, the talent, the creativity and the ambition exist within our membership to produce that content.