Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I congratulate the Minister as this is the first time we have had Priority Questions here since I became the spokesperson for Fianna Fáil. I thank him for a comprehensive, if somewhat predictable, answer from the Department. The nub of the matter is that I agree with the idea of public service broadcasting and I fully support the Minister in this. Has the Minister any ideas on how to ensure measurement of the public service output compared to the commercial output of the public service broadcasters? How can the Minister ensure that in allocating the licence fee between the various public service broadcasters the moneys are allocated to public service broadcasting and do not subsidise commercial output within those companies?

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