Ms Dee Forbes:

The Deputy is right in saying that the RTÉ Player is becoming a preferred viewing option for many - younger audiences, older audiences and across the board - and we have seen significant increases. I take her point that there have been issues and I am very committed to doing as much as we can to iron out those issues. Advertising is a fact of life in our world and must be facilitated within that environment because of our remit and objective to commercialise our output. We have allocated moneys to continually upgrade the RTÉ Player. I will be honest with the Deputy. We do not have the resources or money of some of the streamers or the likes of Channel 4, which has invested significantly in this. In terms of our future proofing, we want to spend more and we are spending more. It has stabilised significantly in the past year recognising that we have work to do but it is a very important focus for us for the future.