Mr. Noel Curran:

To answer Deputy O'Mahony's questions on the radio stations, I would love to see us co-operate more with the IBI and commercial radio stations. I met John Purcell for an initial meeting on the matter. We both articulated that we are open to the idea. Previously the relationship between RTE and the commercial stations was not that communicative and open. We are trying to open the lines of communication. We will continue to differ and have disagreements, particularly on issues of public funding, but I spoke at its most recent conference and we all realise there may be opportunities. We are all in a very difficult market and looking at resources. I hope that while differences of opinion on funding and other issues remain there are areas in which we can co-operate more.