Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The point on market power is interesting because we had many of the publishers and news organisations before us over the course of over a year to discus the online media Bill. One of the points they consistently made was the use of their information and news gathering, which was then monetised by others for which the news organisations received no income. We have seen in August this year how Meta began ending access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada because the Canadian Government took a step to legislate with the Online News Act and provided for a scenario where it was going to require the Internet giants to pay the publishers, so Meta simply ended news access. This is the space we are in now in terms of controlling the media. Again I will go back to my question. I will ask Mr. Ó Domhnaill about media development in the context of that challenge, where the biggest online giant in the world simply ended news access.