Ms Mary Lennon:

On climate change, community media is well placed to work on the ground with the communities, maybe with younger people, and to promote that push up, rather than push down, with climate change. A person may ask what he or she can do as he or she is only one person. That is what community media can concentrate on and work with the communities on.

On what is needed for the community radio sector, no more than the independent sector, community radio has expenses, such as the insurance, licences and all the overheads, but it is providing a social benefit within the community and is covering all the topics that promote community cohesion and community living. There could be more assistance with programme costs for community stations.