Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-31
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Shane Cassells (FF), Labour Panel

I move amendment No. 209:
In page 129, to delete lines 38 and 39, and in page 130, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following:
“ 159E. (1) The Commission shall no later than one year after it is established and for the purposes of funding a scheme made under section 159F, make an order imposing a levy on the media service providers referred to in subsection (2) of not less than 3 per cent but not more than 5 per cent of their revenues from subscribers and/or advertising revenues from their services established in the State or targeting audiences in the State.
(2) The providers in subsection (1) are all media service providers (save as specified under subsection (6)) which are under the jurisdiction of the State or which target audiences in the State and are established in another Member State in accordance with section 2A(2).”.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-31