Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

The starting point means there is an expectation, rightly, that we have to attract talented presenters to present for the audience. This is rightly so and we need to have quality presenters. Look at the discussion already around the 9 o'clock slot on Radio 1. The principle will be, and I think I have already said this and demonstrated it in what has come into the public domain, that we need to bring down presenters' salaries overall at RTÉ. We are discussing this in the leadership group now. Every presenter's contract we consider at the moment comes to the whole leadership team and we have a discussion about it. We had one just last week about a presenter. There are views around the table and the case has to be made concerning what value a presenter brings to audiences and what commercial value he or she brings to RTÉ. These are the factors we try to base the decision on. Overall, the direction of travel is downwards on presenters' salaries.