Ms Gabrielle Cummins:

I will come back in on Senator Carrigy's question about third level courses, and I will follow up on what Ms Hanratty said. Our experience is that the graduates coming through are missing out on that practical experience. A lot of radio stations such as Beat FM and WLR have teamed up with South East Technological University in Waterford and with Waterford Chamber of Commerce to be able to provide a ten-week introduction to radio course. We have found that this is very important. A lot of people have done their third level course and then they do this on top of that. We also liaise with the University of Limerick to have interns on placement with us. That practical experience is so important. I am aware that my colleagues at Radio Kerry do a huge amount on the training for providing that practical level of courses. We are trying our best to bridge that gap but it all comes down to funding. We are doing what we can in that area but any additional funding to support news and print is welcome.