Mr. Rory Coveney:

The reform that could work and could generate far in excess of the increased revenues RTÉ needs to sustain itself is the tackling of the licence fee system. Issues like this then become eminently sustainable and there is a logic to them being supported. There is absolute logic for community television to be supported in a structural way. That is what I mean about the opportunity that is being lost every year at the moment with the licence fee system the way it is. There is an opportunity to go far beyond our needs into all of the recommendations in the reports and for them to be funded in a sustainable way. The licence fee system is not just about us; a whole ecosystem could be supported in a more sustainable way if the system is grappled with.