Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I need to bring our meeting to a conclusion as another committee is due to meet in this room. We are under strict instructions not to exceed two hours. We could sit here all evening debating the topic. I understand the situation in which the newspapers find themselves. The witnesses have brought a very clear message to the committee as to what government needs to do in supporting them in a way that in five or ten years' time we will have no regrets as to how we supported them and tackled the issue of the tech giants in that regard.

I thank Mr. Vincent Crowley as well as Mr. Liam Kavanagh, Mr. Colm O’Reilly and Ms Ann-Marie Lenihan, who joined us remotely. I know it is never as real as being in the room with us. We appreciate their contributions. I also thank Mr. Frank Mulrennan and Mr. Johnny O’Hanlon, all the way from County Cavan.

Of course, I did not get time to ask my list of questions. I thank all those in our national media who provide critical information to politicians on a national level and to those in our constituencies, in particular The Anglo-Celtand The Northern Standard, which have for many generations ensured that people were informed, that information was transparent and that there was critical thinking on the important things going on on the ground.