Ms Si?n N? Raghallaigh:

I am happy to speak to that. I was chair of the board of TG4 for ten years. On that board, we had three independent producers. We had a system whereby they understood when they had to step out and it worked perfectly well. It is important for RTÉ to have representation from the independent sector and I hope that will happen gradually when new appointments come into play. One can read in our strategy about how we want to work more with the independent sector. It is very important to have that voice on the board and it is completely workable.