Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The committee wants to move ahead on that. It is a powerful technology for the people and the Minister pointed to the good it can do for communications. That is the thrust of the committee's deliberations over the past number of weeks.

On that note, we have received a telephone call from RTE. It cannot use any of the footage of the meeting because of the interference due to telephones or computers. I ask people to turn off their mobile telephones or we cannot continue. It is not helpful from the committee's point of view as RTE and other broadcasters wanted to use the footage. I ask members to turn off everything. We need the outside connection with the media to be able to get the message across about what we are doing.