Mr. George Ryan:

I second that wholeheartedly. I am delighted with Senator Alice Mary Higgins's questions and that she has come from a different committee to this one, because, as identified, this really cuts across a lot of different influencers in society. At the moment, Ireland is sleepwalking into this digital world, and having this committee and shining the light on this issue in itself is a very important opportunity. We see the glimmer of the candle in the window as being colleagues in communications and climate energy with their digital skills. It has kept a tiny hope alive, but we need to have a step change to digitally empower communities, as both my colleagues have said, and we need to again find and approach a flexibility in funding to help build a capacity of community. Are "capacity of communities" dirty words? Do we not invest in that anymore?