Mr. Frank Mulrennan:

The reality is that local radio broadcasting has, for years, come under the auspices of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. There has been a cohort looking after that sector. It is a tough sector, including State broadcasting and commercial broadcasting. Publishing was not under the aegis of any Department until the new Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht was created. We welcome having that Department and having the Future of Media Commission. We did not apply because we had nobody to apply to. There was not a Department cognisant of the needs of publishing, even though we have been lobbying and advocating for quite some time. Now, with Deputy Catherine Martin as Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, we have somebody who has stated that she is conscious of the needs of our sector. We needed that.