Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed)

5:00 pm

Mr. Pat Kiely:

I will try to get through all of the questions, with the help of my colleagues, because I want to answer them. In regard to the comment on State news, it is not about State-funded news but rather the fact that there would be one single source of news. We want to make the point that one single source for news would be unheard of in the Western world in terms of television services.

Senator Leyden referred to the alcohol Bill. It will affect TV3 in terms of advertising. The evidence I have seen is that in other markets where similar measure were introduced, they have not been effective. The unintended consequence is that it significantly damages a very small percentage of the platforms that carry alcohol advertising. One concern is the impact it would have on a very small subset of the overall communications in existence, and we have documented our position on that.

I refer to content. Perhaps we could connect the question of how we use some content like "Coronation Street" and "Emmerdale" and access.

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