Ms Katherine Licken:

We very much welcome the opportunity to come before the committee to talk through this proposal from the Commission which is very much in its early stages. The working group has not yet had a substantive discussion on it. I will introduce my colleagues: Mr. Eugene Dillon is responsible for the regulatory side of the Department on the telecoms sides and Mr. Aidan Ryan is our technical expert on telecoms. I will ask Mr. Eugene Dillon to give the opening statement.