James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I will not say that we have exhausted all the questions but we certainly got through many of them in the past two hours. As it happens, that coincides nicely with the timing because we are due to finish by 7 p.m., which is coming on fast. I thank everyone for attending. This is the start of a process; there will be many more deliberations as legislation advances through the different stages. Even prior to that, we intend to meet at the next engagement with the other stakeholders, including TV3 and platform operators Eir, Sky, Virgin Media and Vodafone on the other side of the debate. They will come before us possibly at the start of the next term, if not before. I thank the witnesses. I know that a number of them participated in the forum on public service broadcasting which the committee held last Friday.

I think it went extremely well. I know that a number of the witnesses were present so I thank them for their participation and input. The forum had a successful outcome and certainly informed the debate. It was interesting to hear the last speaker talking about Hulu and the like. I rely on my children to inform me about such developments, though they certainly seem indicative of the way things are going.

The formal business of the meeting is now concluded. As is normally the case with these meetings, the committee proposes to publish today's opening statements and submissions. Is that agreed? Agreed. This committee now stands adjourned.