Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In terms of all that has played out within RTÉ, what happens when the Minister goes to colleagues in government seeking to put in place a sustainable and robust funding model for public service broadcasting in the future? Such a funding model is something that Fine Gael wholeheartedly supports. We made a submission to the Future of Media Commission arguing that the television licence fee should be replaced by the creation of an alternative public service media charge, which is something the Minister would also support as I understand it. Has the Minister's capacity to deliver on that and to seek the agreement and support of her Cabinet colleagues been undermined by what has happened at RTÉ? How does she propose to overcome that difficulty? Does she intend to continue engaging with her Cabinet colleagues to seek the development of a long-term, sustainable funding model and has her case or her capacity to deliver on that been undermined by the issues at RTÉ?