Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Strategic Plan 2012-17 and Other Issues: RTE

11:45 am

Photo of Noel HarringtonNoel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We often believe when talking about public discourse that the whole world revolves around politics. Every crow believes it is the whitest. In reality, however, there is a greater impact on artistic or celebrity issues, for example. These are lucrative. Let us be honest: celebrities sell content. Has a value been put on this? I acknowledge it is difficult to assess. Is this not where the real prize lies in terms of loosening the legislation?

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