Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to talk about the streaming levy, which it is critical to put in place. We had years of debate and I thought it was a settled argument. We had a discussion only yesterday evening about the net effect of the cost on the streamers. The committee might look at the fact that the cost of streaming services in Ireland is higher for the consumer than is the case anywhere else, especially when we are only talking about an increase of something like 30 cent.

Let us just talk about it being quantified at €20 million. What difference would it make? There are a lot of very high quality productions coming in at the moment. If the €20 million were made available - I am happy to hear from Ms Kirby and anyone who want to come in and respond - what tangible difference would that make?