If at some stage in the future RTE becomes as impoverished as it was until the Minister made his welcome decision to increase the licence fee or if TV3 continues to be as underfunded as it appears to be in terms of home-produced programmes, it is quite conceivable that in a few bad years neither RTE nor TV3 will be able to afford the fee which is regarded as being a reasonable market price. That means that Sky will win anyway. The whole emphasis is on free television services. The 1999 Act defines a free television service as "a television broadcasting service for the reception of which no charge is made by the person providing the service". I do not know if anyone who watches RTE and pays €150 a year for the privilege – knowing that this fee goes to the station – believes they do not pay for the service provided. If someone decides to take the Minister to court on the issue, that particular definition could be a problem.