Mr. Terence O'Rourke:

I thank the Deputy. At the weekend, I was delighted to visit the election count centre in RTÉ, which is a fantastic hive of activity. There were 20 people working there 24-7, doing a great service for the Irish people in monitoring the election, giving the results and all of the rest. There was an energy and buzz in the place. I got the impression from the workers and staff that they were very proud to provide the service and be part of making sure the Irish people got the right information promptly and accurately. It was great to see the team in action.

On staff engagement, the director general has met staff every month in a town hall meeting where he addresses all employees and takes questions from people in person or online. A couple of hundred people attend these meetings. I was involved in one such meeting a couple of months ago. It is great to see and I have received good feedback from staff who have said they are being told month by month what the issues are and are able to feed their concerns into the director general. Things are improving. Not everything has been fixed, but there is a good atmosphere there at the moment. The Deputy is correct; people are disgusted and there was a lot of disappointment about what happened last year. As a board, we are determined to fix those things. I thank the Deputy for his good wishes and interest.