Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme
Mr. R?n?n ? Domhnaill:
Regarding when the schemes will come on board, Coimisiún na Meán is up and ready to go with them. We are in the process of drafting them. At the moment, there is an application under EU state aid rules to be applied to it, so it is out of our hands essentially until that comes through. However, when it does, we expect to begin the consultation on these schemes by the end of the year and get them up and running as soon as we can. I have met local paper representatives. I am aware of the pressures they are under. We are conscious of it and we are doing our utmost to get the schemes up and running as fast as we can. We will have other schemes. For example, a digital transformation scheme is due to come in as well. I expect that to help as well.
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