Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Mark Scanlon:
As I mentioned in the statement, there is a significant public service element to what LOITV does, particularly regarding the men's First Division and women's Premier Division, both of which would have had very little television coverage before LOITV existed. We would love to continue to expand that coverage. There are also opportunities. If the media fund were available for services like LOITV to tap into, we could have a lot more documentaries on clubs, be that at academy level, to cover the volunteers mentioned by Deputy Byrne, or to cover the history of the league and clubs and to provide an insight of what happens behind the scenes on the day-to-day basis of running football clubs throughout the country. There are a lot of opportunities to be able to create some more content that showcases all the work that goes on in the league.
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