(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations prescribe Radio Telefís éireann and its subsidiaries RTE Commercial Enterprises Limited, RTE Music Limited and DTT Network Company and Seirbhisí Theilifís Na Gaeilge Teoranta (the legal framework for TG4's activities) as separate public bodies for the purposes of the Freedom of Information (FOI), Act 1997 (No. 13 of 1997) by their inclusion in subparagraph (2) of paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to that Act.

In accordance with subsection 5 of section 3 of that Act, these Regulations apply the Act to non-programme related functions of these bodies only.