I wish to discuss the Future of Media Commission and the publication of its report. As the Tánaiste knows, the report was completed approximately six months ago. Speaking as Chair of the Oireachtas committee with responsibility for this area, our committee is hamstrung without the report's publication. Tomorrow, we will welcome the chair designate of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Ms Mary Curtis, to our committee. That authority is going to be subsumed into the new commission.

I have two questions. The elephant in the room is the question of how our media will be funded, particularly the national broadcaster, RTÉ. When will the report be published? I am seeking a timeline in this regard. Will the Tánaiste share his views on how we are going to fund the national broadcaster into the future?

I am afraid I cannot give the Deputy a timeline for publication, but we intend to publish it soon. It was done before Christmas and party leaders and senior Ministers have it and have been briefed on it, so it would be appropriate that the committee should see it soon. The big dilemma is what to do with the TV licence and what model might work best. We need to think that through. I hear the Deputy, though, in that it should not have taken us this long to get the report published. We will try to get that done in the next couple of weeks.