Mr. Terence O'Rourke:

The Future of Media Commission called out the need to make sure we adequately resource the Irish language broadcasting that the public service in RTÉ provides, and I am very aware of that. I last met the Deputy at the Fexco opening when I was there for Enterprise Ireland. I remember meeting one of the entrepreneurs from Tralee who was a Gaeilgeoir, or an Irish speaker. I was asking her about Raidió na Gaeltachta and she told me how important it was for the Gaeltacht communities to link up the communities of Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Cork and Waterford. It is a unique service that Raidió na Gaeltachta supplies and I really got a good understanding of that there. Whatever resources Raidió na Gaeltachta needs to have to continue to do its work, I will be very supportive of that.