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

In relation to the aforementioned valued and vital role of public service media in the well-being of our society and the health of our democracy, that trickles all the way down to local communities nationwide. I will talk later about how we fund public service media in the future, but in the hope that we find a sustainable funding model, what conversations has the Minister had with the newly established Coimisiún na Meán around funding the delivery of public service media at a local level, through local print and broadcast media? What are the Minister's aspirations and ambitions in terms of how we can acknowledge the value of public service media production at a local level and support it in a new world where RTÉ will almost definitely not be the sole provider of public service media in the future?