Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are discussing the future of the media and the financial stability of huge swathes of our traditional media is extremely fragile. Mediahuis, the largest publisher in Ireland and the owner of the Irish Independentis currently involved in a large redundancy process. Does Ms Ní Raghallaigh accept that the privileged and protected position of RTÉ is over and it is going to have to get its act together financially? There have been calls from competitors like Virgin Media, the chief executive officer of which has been before the committee and has said quite clearly that it is not fair how funds and the licence fee are distributed and it will not be the same in the future, in terms of Cabinet grappling with that decision and how RTÉ is going to face that.