Ms Moya Doherty:

If I may return to the issue of the board, there is a staff representative on the board. Currently, that representative is Mr. Robert Shortt, who has an economic background. He is a terrific representative for the RTÉ staff. I refer to the modelling of other European broadcasting stations and the sheer volume of staff they employ. We have come out of a period of extreme economic upheaval and there is a serious threat in the jobs market but we have a duty of care in employment to those who are employed in RTÉ and this balance is almost impossible to achieve in an atmosphere where an organisation is constantly being threatened and funding is not available to meet the fundamental costs.