Brian Brennan (Wicklow-Wexford, Fine Gael)
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My question is for Coimisiún na Meán. Online safety is often overlooked, not by Coimisiún na Meán but by a lot of people. It is now so relevant to society, I would be interested in Mr. Ó Domhnaill's comments on how it could be beefed up. In the current climate we all get plenty of online comments. I will put it that way.

To RTÉ, are subsidiary companies a natural progression? I will throw out all my questions. I do not want to get into nitty-gritty but, on content, in RTÉ's coverage on Saturday night, the production team and commentators on the Player were fantastic but it is missing a trick with the League of Ireland. That is just a comment.

RTÉ put a lot of effort into highlighting the skorts issue but we have rarely seen a camogie player since.

That is my personal comment because again, these people are wholly ingrained in the social fabric and are the heroes of our town. They keep the kids off the corner and we need to promote these camogie players.

Regarding head counts and how the process is going, this was brought up before in the context of redundancy packages. If you google the number of jobs going, it seems they are going out one door and coming in the other. The general opinion of the people I have spoken to within the industry is there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. The witnesses are not the only body this is coming across in but I am just saying what I hear from people within the organisation.

I am fascinated by how the film industry is developing in County Wicklow, how America is so attracted to produce here and how we can get on the back of that. I am interested in how this could help further Screen Ireland's funding and how it could help us as a country. It is a growing industry and I would like to hear the witnesses' view on it. It is not all about us. I wish to hear their comments on it as well.