Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

Senator Quinn, in referring to RTE, has picked the semi-State authority which is probably in the greatest financial difficulty. I appreciate the sentiments he has expressed both today and on Committee Stage, but there is no precedent for what he is suggesting. It is always presumed that a body will present its report as early as practically possible. That is the reason we are specifying 30 June as the latest possible date for submission. From that point of view, what we have included is reasonable.