Today we learned about €10 million in funding for investment in broadcasting, with €9 million to go to RTÉ. I welcome the fact that an independent commission will be established to identify the challenges to local broadcasters against the backdrop of content provision delivered globally on global platforms. Is the Government aware of any implications for Lyric FM in Limerick city, which serves the county and the wider mid-west region? It is at the heart of the arts in the mid-west and encompasses the colleges there. What are the implications for Lyric FM?

The Cabinet decided today to provide an extra €10 million for public service broadcasting in Ireland in 2020, with €9 million going to RTÉ and €1 million going to the broadcasting fund. Also, a commission will be established on the future of Irish public service broadcasting, to report by September 2020. The terms of reference include examining how public service broadcasting can be delivered in Ireland over the next ten years, how that work can be funded in a sustainable and secure way and how it can be overseen and regulated having regard to our EU obligations, including the requirements of the audiovisual media services directive. As part of this decision, the Government has given the view that RTÉ should not proceed with the part sale of its Donnybrook site until full consideration has been given to a green field option and that it should defer any decision on removing Lyric FM from Limerick until the commission has reported.