Ms Deirdre Veldon:

We are in the unusual position of being involved with a radio station, WLR, and we have seven regional titles and The Irish Times as well, although I am obviously here on behalf of NewsBrands. We decided not to avail of the schemes because of the additionality factor. In the case of WLR, we did not feel in the position to do that. In the case of the regional titles, we were successful in our application for a considerable amount of funding and we are working through the issues on that in order to try to finalise. The issues we have are around the design of the schemes. Rather than asking the question, “What is the quantum of funding?”-----