Ms Deirdre Ní Choistín:

With funding, and with the implementation of the recommendation, we would be. We are working closely with Coimisiún na Meán and RTÉ on moving forward on that, but critically, we did our own research in 2021 and found that Irish-language audiences are looking for an online service for news, which does not exist at the moment. With funding we will be able to deliver that.

With any media fund, we will be able to deliver more content. Those funds are critically important for TG4 to be able to produce high-quality content, especially drama content. With Cine4 schemes, we went to the Oscars with "An Cailín Ciúin". Those kinds of things do not happen without those media funds. Another potential issue is the language around the media fund and archiving. We are reliant on the archive fund from Coimisiún na Meán to help us to digitise and preserve our archive. We need clarity on where the archive fund sits within those funds. Is it a separate fund or will it be part of general funding for TG4? If it is part of general funding, we need to ensure there is enough in it to preserve the archive because to date we have been able to avail of Coimisiún na Meán's archive fund.