Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. The Minister has focused on the very positive work RTÉ does on content, but the director general's reform is going to be about reforming how the broadcaster operates, such as how it spends money and brings in money. I am pressing the Minister on this because the director general is not behind the wall on putting it up to us, and to the Minister in particular. To read again from his remarks, he said of the choices that can be made that "...we can work together ... or we can accept [RTÉ's] failure and demise". He said he did not believe this committee could accept that. What he is obviously pushing on is the funding aspect. He is pushing again and saying he wants the Government to intervene and save RTÉ. Before we see his vision, I am asking the Minister what in our vision, as an invested stakeholder, constitutes radical reform at board and decision-making level by RTÉ.