Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

What I said earlier is that the technical working group looked at the alternative to an Exchequer funding model. That is why it was set up; we did not take that one recommendation from the Future of Media Commission. Indeed, the recommendations by the Future of Media Commission were from a different time as well, because they were contingent on a different drop-off rate on television licence payments. We are now in a much different area when it comes to that. I am of the opinion that in those discussions everything should be back on the table. To my mind, the emergence of this crisis has changed that. This is not just about the technical working group; everything is on the table.