Ms Dee Forbes:

The Deputy has rightly pointed out the importance of sport. It is of growing importance to us, particularly given it is a live viewing experience for audiences. We regularly look at the amount of content that we have in this area. Currently, we maximise what we have across RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2. In terms of another channel, that is something we obviously have to look at in detail and see if there are enough rights out there to be able to afford to put on another channel. We continue to look at if there is more opportunity in getting other rights. Certainly, we try to optimise between the two channels. We are very committed to a wider number of sports, be it women's sports, be it broader codes etc. For now, the way that we can treat that content is across the two channels that we have.