Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I thank the Minister of State and his officials for the work which has gone into this legislation. It is clearly a reflection of a changed world, not only in the European context of communications and broadcasting with which we largely deal but also, particularly in the era of digital and satellite broadcasting, probably in a global context. Until a short while ago, this kind of legislation would have been unheard of and we would not have imagined that it would ever be necessary.