Mr. Jackie Conboy:

I spoke to people from Highland Radio recently which now employs two people who look after the material that is coming in because it is getting so much material. Highland Radio has two people now who sift through all that and see what it can play and what it cannot play.

I see Coimisiún na Meán as being a positive step and we have been speaking to it. I can see going forward that it is very much looking at the amount of Irish artists. When I say Irish artists, I want to be clear that it is across the board genre-wise, from trad, to country, to rock or whatever. When I say "Irish", the commission is very much looking at that and, in the licensing the stations are sending in, what quota they will play. It was a surprise for me. I thought there was a 30% quota across the board, but there is not. It is up to the station to say what it will do. It could be anything from a minimum of 20% upwards.