Mr. Declan Gibbons:

I thank the Deputy for her question. We are able to apply to the general round of sound and vision, and in the past two years, 2020 and 2021, a special single community fund or community round was brought in. Last year it was €750,000 in total. This year it is €500,000 due to budgetary constraints. That is among all stations. If you divide that by 21, it does not amount to a great deal of money, but it is obviously very welcome and it is a bit more targeted than in the past. Community radio can also apply to the more general sound and vision rounds, as they have done. However, as I mentioned, as far as being on the list or the Departments' registers for advertising campaigns, whether about Covid-19, health and so on, unfortunately, we have great trouble being considered and being employed in that regard. We think that is very important for the future.