Ms Celene Craig:

As I said earlier, it is absolutely vital that trust is restored in public service broadcasting and in RTÉ as an entity in particular. I will focus a bit on our role in this regard. In our role in assessing performance and making recommendations to the Minister on public funding, trust and good governance is one of those areas we examine at a very high level. It will be extremely important that we measure the impact of the current events in relation to public trust in RTÉ during this current year and going forward. Senator Byrne referenced the Reuters-----