Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that. Just like the Minister of State, I am concerned by the level of dysfunction, and I do not have confidence in the current board. It is important that the grassroots and athletes are protected.

I will ask the Minister a couple of questions. One of the issues she mentioned is that we would be seeing the imminent publication of the commission on the future of media's report. We have been anticipating that for a while. The Minister might indicate when that might happen. She also stated that the recruitment process for coimisiún na meán will begin shortly. Is there an indication as to when we might see that happen and when the members and, in particular, the online safety commissioner will be in place?

I echo the concerns around tourism and the VAT rate. There is one area where I think we have been successful in tourism. Tourism Ireland has been active in promoting regional development, especially through the regional co-operative marketing fund. Specifically speaking to what is happening at Rosslare Europort in the context of attracting international visitors, through the investment we are now seeing, Irish Ferries, Brittany Ferries and Stena are all promoting Rosslare and Ireland. Will there be an extension of that marketing fund?

In terms of addressing some of the accommodation issues, I know there has been discussion around legislation with regard to the registration of short-term accommodation and letting. It is crucial that we get this right because short-term letting does fill an important role in the holiday market as well. I realise what we are trying to achieve on the housing side, but are there specific proposals with regard to legislation in this area and when might we see them?