Mr. John Purcell:

I appreciate very much what Deputy Michael Moynihan said. With regard to the commercial mandate, it is a case of having one's cake and eating it. Mr. Williams will address that issue. We believe 2fm is the clearest example of RTE not operating according to a public service broadcasting remit. In 2013, as I understand it, 2fm received €6 million from licence fee revenue. RTE stations such as Gold and Pulse received approximately €3.2 million. That amounts to €9 million for these stations which have a negligible listenership. While 2fm has a bigger listenership than the others, it does not engage in public service broadcasting.

With regard to the specifics of the Act, I will ask Mr. Williams to comment.