Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

Can I reassure the Deputy on that? The whole team here wholeheartedly values all the people who work at RTÉ. They do a fantastic job day in, day out. They are committed to RTÉ. This strategy is about trying to ensure the future of the organisation. If the organisation does not change, RTÉ will not have a future. It will not be relevant. We will be smaller, but there will be 1,400 people still there.

The Deputy referred to outsourcing. I would not put it that way. Investing and working with the independent sector results in really good jobs across Ireland - outside RTÉ as well - across the creative sector. There are jobs inside and outside RTÉ that we have a responsibility for.