Mr. Michael Kelly:

In our proposal to the committee, we suggested that whatever amount is going to be allocated should be split in such a way as the production companies would only be able to secure a maximum of 50% of the funding from Sound and Vision. The remaining 50% would be to support actual broadcasters and would be divided between Virgin and the independent sector. We suggest that would be a fairer way. The current situation where the production companies, whether they are supplying RTÉ, TG4 or Raidió na Gaeltachta, are able to come in and take the vast majority of the funding is really problematic. We are getting maybe 5% or 6%-----