Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Importance of Airplay in Promoting Irish Music: Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
What I mean is that effectively the State would be involved through subsidising, if we want to use that word. I do not like to use the word "subsidising" because we are encouraging and fostering art. Radio stations that are bold enough to say they will play 20% or more than 20% would be rewarded. The more Irish music they play the more they would get from central funding. Have the witnesses looked at how this model could work and what the figures would look like? Is it something that is worth exploring to bring to the Department?
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