Media Sector
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-05
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

I have a similar supplementary question. Has the Minister noticed the extent to which pay TV seems to be introducing and forcing itself onto the airwaves? Sometimes when you scroll the channels, you get a start when you suddenly discover that you have to pay extra, along with the licence fee and all the other things, to look at certain programmes. To what extent is that likely to determine policy in the future?

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