Mr. Michael Kelly:

The production of public service content could be aided if this Bill would allow funding for our sector. The difficulty is that the Bill, as it stands, would not allow any funding for our sector because it would exclude us on the basis of ring-fencing. In other words, the platform-neutral aspect would exclude us because you cannot really compare our media as we have so many different challenges and operations. The additionality requirement also excludes us. That is the challenge for this Bill. If it could be amended, there could be huge change and improvements. At the moment, it really is not doing what it sets out to do.