Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for being here. We had an informative session last night and I have no doubt that today I will be learning a lot. As a new committee member, it is incredibly helpful to hear directly from them all.

I have questions for everybody but I might not get to everybody in my first round. I will start with Virgin Media. The issue of funding was spoken about. In particular, I am interested around the issue of the additionality component. What parts of Virgin Media’s current output does Ms Ní Chaoindealbháin think should be covered by State funding? What barriers does Virgin Media currently have, or would have, even with this legislation, to maintain its current output and remit in the absence of State funding?