As a follow-on from the question from Deputy Healy-Rae about legislation on communications and broadcasting, is it not the case that the Government intends to abolish the television licence and replace it with a mechanism whereby individual houses or units will be charged a broadcasting or transmission fee? If so, will that require primary legislation? If so, is it the intention of the Government to ensure within that context that local radio stations benefit from any increase in revenues generated as a result of the mechanism the Government intends to put in place?

The heads of this Bill have not come to Government yet for clearance. The entire communications process is changing rapidly and, in many ways, the age of television is moving on, so the point raised by the Deputy will be part of the discussions surrounding the legislation. I assure the Deputy that if this is the case, the committee and the Dáil will have full access to it.