Mr. Jeremy Godfrey:

The Senator's question is: how do we feel about regulating these behemoths? We feel a big sense of responsibility because we are regulating them on behalf not only of the people of Ireland but also the people of Europe. We feel that we have some effective legal tools to regulate them with both under European law and national law. We feel we have been given approval by the Government to recruit a sufficiently large team to be able to do that. We do not think it is going to be easy. We will need to be fearless and persistent in monitoring what they are doing, setting rules, encouraging them to comply and taking enforcement action when we need to. We are also fortified in being part of a European network. The European Commission and our counterparts in other member states are all behind us in doing that. Of course, these companies have market power. The Senator alluded to the case being taken in the US. As well as our responsibility in regulating them for harmful and illegal online content, there are other legal tools for regulating the market power they have under the Digital Markets Act, which is the European Commission. We see the big task-----