I am very pleased to be able to introduce the Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002 to this House. The main purposes of the Bill are to establish Digital Media Development Limited, DMDL, the body established by the Government to oversee the development of the digital hub, on a statutory basis as the Digital Hub Development Agency; to provide for the necessary corporate and governance structures for such a State body; and to define the functions and role of the agency in relation to the development of the digital hub. These include promoting and facilitating the development of the digital hub as a location for digital enterprises and related activities; promoting and facilitating the development of the physical and communications infrastructures for the digital hub; formulating strategies to promote the digital hub; preparing a development plan for the hub and estimates of the costs of its implementation; and consulting local community interests as part of the implementation of the development plan.