Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Could Ms Forbes come back to us on that? The area I represent, which would be described as the commuter belt, although people do not feel like they are economic units or just people who are on the move all the time, is probably well represented in the non-TV household cohort and the younger age cohort. It is a missing area in terms of coverage. We are not the midlands but we are classified as midlands. We are not Dublin because we are not Dublin, which is a missed opportunity. There are probably a lot of areas that are missed as a consequence of that.

I agree with Deputy Hourigan regarding gender. The lack of transparency in terms of RTÉ being able to give us that information has not been good. It is important information. Obviously, RTÉ sets the standards for other people and the fact that it is unable to give us this information means it is falling down on this standard in terms of transparency.

I have to agree with the Deputy on that.

On the orchestra, will RTÉ keep the funding it was provided to cover the cost of the orchestra now that the orchestra is being moved to the National Concert Hall, NCH?