Mr. Séamus Dooley:

My message from this committee would be to hope that despair and history rhyme and that it actually gets the message on this. There is a need for an investment in editorial resources and we need that from the industry. Without investment in editorial resources media will not survive. People will not buy newspapers because they are good for democracy.

On digital literacy, I believe that media have a responsibility but the education system has a responsibility also. It is something that should be taught from a very early stage at second level.