Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-12-06
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Micheál Carrigy (FG), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I support the recommendations and acknowledge the fact that a percentage of this funding will be available to independent producers. That funding will be there to make sure we have a large percentage of Irish language content, which is extremely important.
The Minister mentioned the sound and vision fund. I thank her for the extra funding of €2.5 million that has been added to that fund for this year. In lieu of what a number of us were looking for with regard to the broadcasting levy, that is a fair compromise to support in particular our independent and regional radio stations, so I thank the Minister for that.

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Sitting date: 2022-12-06