Mr. Peter Finnegan:

The full cost of Oireachtas TV is in the region of €1.3 million. That is over and above the normal day-to-day spend. In the broadcasting area, 75% or 80% of the spend would probably arise in any event because we televise the in-House proceedings. On any given day, six studios cover the two Houses and four committee rooms, and the feed is fed to all the major broadcasters. Somewhere in the region of 35 people work on it. The issue with Oireachtas TV is that the content is there in any event and the additional expenditure arises from some of the transmission costs we incur. There is also a small element for programme-making.