Ms Sabha Greene:

I should say that because the text of the DSA is being negotiated, the actual breakdown of what tasks will fall to the national DSC and what tasks will fall to the European Commission is not entirely clear. We cannot say with certainty at this stage exactly what the allocation of duties and responsibilities is there. It is clear the amount of work that will fall to the Irish DSC will be greater than to any other member state DSC by virtue of the fact of what we have based here. That is fair to say. I should also say the regulatory impact analysis is going to take the traditional iterative approach, that as we know more information, we will factor it in.

In the first place, we are trying to get a decision about the most appropriate home for the DSC so that we can work on equipping it. Obviously, it will make a difference on whether we are assigning functions to an organisation that is already in place or, as is the case with the media commission, one that is not in place but is planned, or if we are starting from scratch. I am afraid to say that all of those things are still to be worked out.