Ms Tríona Quill:

Considerable work has been done by some of the stakeholders and on foot of commissioning the Indecon report, but that research was very much focused on the interests and concerns of the independent audiovisual sector. This work is valid and important, but it considers these matters only from that perspective.

There are also impacts for citizens. There are risks because it is not possible to have a levy focused only on international entities that target Ireland. RTÉ and Virgin Media Ireland would also have to be targeted by the levy. There are potential downsides depending on how the levy is structured and introduced. It is important that the media commission, which will have responsibility for implementing the levy, will have an opportunity to review that and to be satisfied that, in the model that is brought forward, all of those impacts are considered and teased through.