Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Business of Select Committee

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is fine, but the problem is we are now dealing with a section that costs €33 million and the Minister is saying we do not know who is in and who is out at this time. It is crucial for us, as members of the committee who will be voting on this issue, to get clarity, even if that requires us going into private session. It is important for us to know what is in and what is out. I do not know how we will define a news periodical that is published only online once a week and compare that with a newspaper which is published only online once a week. What criteria will we use to distinguish between them? One could argue Horse & Houndis giving news information to its readers on an equine centre. That is not what we are talking about here. We are talking about current affairs.

Given the change that has taken place, it is important we get a bit of clarity from Revenue on this.

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