Mr. Peter Timmins:

Our main newspaper is the Galway Advertiser, which prints more than 40,000 newspapers every week. We employ six full-time journalists. There is an average of 100 pages a week. It is a very substantial newspaper. The differentiation should not be between free and paid-for publications, and I am not saying the Senator said it was, but it is very important people realise that these are very high quality publications. I appreciate that for whoever is ultimately going to make the decisions about who is supported, those criteria are going to be important. The reason we set up this group, with strict criteria, was that there are certain standards. If somebody sets up a 12-page monthly newspaper next month, will that qualify? Those criteria will be very important. We are confident that our publications are all substantial enough to be assisted.