Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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On a day-to-day level the silos still exist. We have radio, television-----

The platforms still exist and they always will. The thinking is what is changing within RTÉ. It is very important that we do not simply think of a programme as being on television or on radio. It could go across the pieces. That is the structural aspect.

It is also important to refer to the strategy we put in place for the next five years, which was submitted to the BAI in 2017. That strategy comprised our recommendations in light of what is coming and what the future will ask of us. That fell on deaf ears at Government level. The BAI endorsed the strategy but stated that it required an immediate €30 million in funding for RTÉ. I say this to answer the Deputy's question about what has not happened. We have been doing an awful lot within RTÉ to change and to pivot in the right direction for the audience. However the public funding solution has not emerged.