Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill
Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I thank Ms Quill and Mr. Shanley. I want to ask a few quick questions that the punter and the ordinary guy on the street will ask. What way will the levy apply to each individual media outlet company? Will it be proportionate to the outlet's turnover or how will it be calculated or collected? Will the original television licence be affected by this legislation and if so, how? Will local news outlets in my area such as South East Radio, wexfordtoday.comand wexfordweekly.comthat have some digital podcasts and blogs be subject to the levy? Is there a mechanism for tracing or policing new social media platforms under this Bill? There are a lot of these platforms popping up and they are very serious with a lot of hate speech in them. What way will the Bill affect these pop-up social media platforms?
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