Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for Ms Kerr. It is a sad day for Irish media, with job losses having been announced at the national public broadcaster. I thought her contribution was very important as we have been thinking about the business model. Is it data harvesting to fund advertising or is it a paid subscription model? That is not, however, the whole picture because, as Ms Kerr says, everyone has to be able to connect to quality journalism. As some people will not be able to pay subscriptions, we need public service, high quality journalism that everyone can access. What is ironic is that the current business model for social media makes it impossible to fund public service broadcasting in this country. Does Ms Kerr have any specific proposal for the funding of public service broadcasting?