Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

——and reform of public service numbers, it is due to enter into discussions with my Department next week. It will also consider broadcasting. We must determine whether we can include other content services so as to improve efficiencies. In this light and given the range of content regulation, we must determine whether we can amalgamate some of it to provide a better system.

We are reviewing everything. On an ongoing basis, we are considering how to connect the telecommunications network side with the content side. The outcome will not be as major a shift as the Bill constitutes, but the two agencies involved can be fine-tuned and integrated in a number of ways.

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