Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht

Future of Public Service Broadcasting and Impact of Covid-19 on the Media Sector: Discussion

Mr. John Purcell:

The sum of €2.5 million was provided under the sound and vision 4 scheme, which provided for Covid-related programming. The application took place in March and April and the funding supported programming in our station, for example, until the end of July. Last week, the Minister mentioned a sum of €2 million, which was announced as part of the stimulus package for sound & vision, but that round of funding specifically excludes stations like ours from applying for it. There was detail on it in a response to a parliamentary question, which was answered by the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin. I can supply the response to Deputy Munster.

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