The advisers will also consider the processes through which licences are awarded and will describe and evaluate existing licensing processes; evaluate existing roles of the executive of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and of the commission itself; evaluate the need for independent or outside expertise in the licensing process; and explore options for an appeals mechanism in relation to licensing decisions. There are also issues around who and what can be licensed, the terms of the licences and how difficult it is for new entrants to emerge. The advisers have been asked to consider what and who should be licensed; terms of existing and future licences, including duration; issues of licence rollover; and barriers to market entry. Clearly, many of these issues pick up directly on the report of the joint committee.