Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and wish them every success in their respective roles. They are doing an extraordinarily important job on behalf of the Irish people. It is great to see Coimisiún na Meán in place and finally having the legislative backing to do the work it needs to do.

I have a couple of observations that might prompt questions. Coimisiún na Meán has an exceptionally wide remit in what it is required to do and what it has set out to do. I would categorise that into two areas. One is the regulation of social media, which I will deal with in a minute, and the other is the development, protection and nurturing of public service media and broadcasting in Ireland. Internally, which does Mr. Godfrey prioritise? Does he afford more priority to one of those roles than the other? What is his overarching ambition in what he is setting out to do?