Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

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

Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion

Mr. Stuart Switzer:

I totally endorse that point of view. One thing we would press for is that I understand that the content levy part of this directive has to come in via a statutory instrument. The members of the committee are experts on these issues. It could be as late as 2025 before that happens, which is not what the industry wants. It is important that we levy the big world players, such as the streamers and the people who are making the market, so that we can invest in our indigenous industry to take them on at their own game. That is not in a combative sense but in the sense of communities and partnerships. To delay the content levy to as late as 2025 will not do our industry any favours.

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