Mr. Brian Nolan:

We have to draw a line and move on at some stage. Time and again here today the conversation about bogus self-employment has come up. We could refer to the document that was released about the future of RTÉ and we could bring up the horror stories about the 20% cuts and the outsourcing, but we should get away from that and focus on what needs to happen. The only way A New Direction for RTÉ can live up to its title is to consign bogus self-employment to history. It cannot continue within RTÉ. It should not continue anywhere. We have scars on our backs from construction and we deal with it day-in, day-out. RTÉ has the ability to fix that here and now. Yes, it has work to do to make good on the promises it broke. If it is to actually fulfil its obligations under the document A New Direction for RTÉ, the new direction must be the right direction with no bogus self-employment.