Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011
12:20 pm
Mr. Michael O'Keeffe:
There will be programmes that will travel but the nature of these programmes is that they are very focused on an Irish audience. We are bringing this type of programme, which otherwise may not be made, to an Irish audience. There is limited scope for that type of development but some of the drama and other projects such as animation projects - I mentioned "The Secret of Kells" and there are a number of other animation projects - will travel. By their nature animation and drama projects will travel, but documentaries will travel to a lesser extent because they are particularly relevant to Ireland, the jurisdiction within which they are made. The community broadcasting programmes are focused on the communities they serve and making programmes for those communities. There is a mix of that. Much of it is about making programmes that are relevant to Irish audiences that may not have been made without this kind of funding support.
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