Ms Áine Ní Chaoindealbháin:

I cannot really talk about the policies of RTÉ. What I can say is that we have an impartial approach to all of our programming, from “Ireland AM” in the morning right through to the news and current affairs. It is not just within the news remit that we ensure we have that impartiality. When the Senator looks at how we approach all of the content across Virgin Media, he will see that we are impartial in our approach. I have never felt any pressure to be anything other than that. I have never felt any pressure to toe the line. We have independence across our news and current affairs programming.