Mr. Pat Kiely:

I was coming to it. My old boss, David McRedmond, has another job now. What I describe is part of our solution in terms of the role of An Post in licence fee collection. That is a topic covered in terms of the potential closure of some of the deficit through collection. TV3 is a business that has been saved by Virgin Media. I have covered that already. We are very clear on our position that any new charge should not be directed at RTE to recover in respect of an inefficiency. That is a starting point. With regard to the transmission fee as a broader issue, we are clear on our position that it would be another form of taxation. It is most likely that all the platforms would pass it on and that it would become another cost to the consumer. From TV3's point of view as a broadcaster, considering that we are an independent business and make our own independent decisions, there is no doubt that, in seeking the investment I seek from the group, it would be absolutely impacted upon if transmission fees were to be passed on to the platform. We have already declared the investment that Virgin Media is putting into TV3. I would seriously worry about that investment and my ability to continue to secure it if our parent was impacted with significant costs in the form of transmission fees.