Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I welcome this opportunity to comment on the Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, focusing on the licensing system for local radio stations. As a member of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources I was delighted to be associated with the excellent work of Senator O'Meara in drawing up a report on the licensing of local radio stations by the BCI, specifically examining the response to local radio stations themselves to the most recent round of licensing.