Mr. Alan Esslemont:

I will respond on the regional issue. The problem with the regions is exactly the same as with TG4 itself, namely, a lack of scale. Nice little bits of endeavours are going on here and there, but they lack the required scale to have impact, just as TG4 does. In the context of a review of the national development plan, and possibly of the national spatial strategy, this is the right time to examine the whole audiovisual sector in respect of it becoming a big pillar in European regional strategies. Clustering can be seen outside Dublin but it needs a strategic move forward. That is one of the big steps that need to be taken. We can do a lot with the resources we have, but TG4 and the whole industry outside Dublin lack scale.