Ms Maggie Breathnach:

I would agree with that as well. There is an excellent course in Nemeton in An Rinn, in the Waterford Gaeltacht, that takes students on for one year but what is the longevity? Some of their programmes get selected to be broadcast on TG4, which is huge. Within a year, we can see their programmes, the proof of their labour and their year's work on TG4. I am based there so I try to take in as many as I can but if I do not have productions, I cannot hire. I know that the course in Kerry is great as well but it is about joined-up thinking and us all working together, feeding each other and ensuring that we get State aid to continue making programmes in order to keep those students in our regions.