Mr. Alan Esslemont:

Yes, we do. We try to strengthen our companies. There are two things happening here. One is about production in the regions. A lot of that is companies in Dublin which are doing production in the regions, so they fly in and out, but that does not help the regions grow their own creative sector. Our sector has lots of ties with the rest of the creative sector. If we are not there on the ground, then all of the regions are just going to look to Dublin for creativity. One of the strengths of TG4 is that we have built, and are building, an audiovisual capacity in the regions rather than flying in and out, which is really important. You can see the spin-off of the work that is happening, strongly, around Galway but also Waterford and Kerry. One of the biggest drawbacks we have compared with the Welsh language channel is we have half of its public funding. Although Ireland should be a leader in minority language media, Ireland is a laggard. If that changes then, given our model, we can prime an awful lot of extra development in the regions.