Mr. Declan McBennett:

No, it is not. I understand that argument. I have heard it. It is one of the three charges that is currently laid against RTÉ and its participation with GAAGO. I do not think that any of the three charges stand up to rigorous scrutiny, but I will happily go through them.

Regarding the licence fee, in 2018, RTÉ broadcast 40 GAA matches live. We now do 68. The figure for soccer was 111. That has now increased to 169. For rugby, it was 13 matches. It is now 57. The figure for Irish horse racing was 25 days of coverage. It is now 32. That is a total of 326 live sporting events. If we add into that European rugby, world rowing, swimming-----