Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a few questions for information really, more than anything else. Who would these archives be available to and would they pay for these archives? What are the views of RTÉ on not letting the archives out? To be fair to RTÉ over the years, we have all those fantastic programmes like "Reeling in the Years" and the like. We forget what Ireland was like ten, 20, 30 years ago. When we look back on these programmes, it is wonderful to have them. Is there a big cost to RTÉ in keeping these archives and would it now, if this Bill goes through, ask what is the point of holding the archives if everybody else can get them for nothing?