Ms Si?n N? Raghallaigh:

That is what I would expect the committee to do. As I say, with this review, that is certainly on the table and we have to look at how that might happen or not. It is part of a whole range of things that we are considering.

The Senator asked where I would see the independent sector. Independent companies are central in public service media and commercial media in that they are commissioned, are independent and come in with their own stories. The Senator referred to the storyteller, and they are a large part of that.

On the future for the independent sector, I would like to see it scaling up. I have worked in the independent sector and I have always been a supporter of it.

It goes from strength to strength, it is strengthening itself in terms of the international marketplace. It is important it is supported in that. It is also important that intellectual property is part of what these companies develop.