Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Could I jump in on that point? On the other pieces that did not get made, I was trying to ascertain how much in general a programme costs. Looking at the income streams since I had that conversation with Eoin Holmes over the past ten years or so, we have seen it fall from a high of €80 million in 2007, in terms of what RTÉ would have spent on independent production, to around €40 million. Looking at one of its last reports, it stated that approximately 732 pitches for television programmes from independent production companies were made to it, of which 121 were made. This equated to 428 hours of television. How many good-quality pieces do not make it to the screen?