Mr. Paul Farrell:

Only on the basis that it is, again, an appropriate service that delivers something that fits a public remit. We are regulated and have obligations under our licence. We respect them and, as Ms Ní Chaoindealbháin said, we deliver probably more hours of local broadcasting per day than we ever have. We have people on the road all over the country every morning covering local issues and all of that stuff. We treat that as very important.

Those are the areas that have grown for us consistently. All our own programming over the past two years has grown audience. On the Senator’s point about opportunity, we have had our best year ever with the adults aged 15 to 44 share in the market. There is an opportunity still to grow if you overlay that with the video-digital area Mr. Coveney and Mr. Lynch mentioned. While they are not getting licence fee from that money, that VOD revenue is growing again because there are more people driving an area that is growing digital revenues for broadcasters. We have to look at it in terms of being quite creative and innovative, as well as looking for the challenge.

On whether there was funding, we partner with Sound and Vision and Screen Ireland. We have had some amazing, successful products. We talked earlier about “Blood”, of which there are two seasons that are distributed in 52 countries. It was filmed in Ireland with Irish talent and was supported by Screen Ireland. "Holding" was a partnership with Screen Ireland and ITV as part of €8 million revenue to produce content in Cork. We are absolutely supportive of any initiative where we contribute and deliver value, rather than just looking for a handout. Sound and Vision is a great example of that. We have had conversations with the BAI and the Department. We see Sound and Vision as a worthwhile initiative. Many of formats have come out of that. Particularly, “Eating with the Enemy” is now taken up in Turkey, Lithuania, France and Belgium, for example. There are great opportunities. As a broadcaster, if we are getting funding, it is to do something for the greater good, not to make-----