Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I was hoping the Minister of State would be able to indicate that we would look again at this whole section in a way that was not setting in stone some of the problems that have been identified and which, in fact, will continue in a slightly different way the approach that has been taken thus far in terms of the power imbalance between producers and the performers or artists. The directive is quite clear that should not be there. The Minister of State even said that it could be 50% in most cases, but it means it is not always, and there may be reasons for that. We have seen thus far that it has not been. If we have one group that is, if you like, subservient in any way to another, that relationship or power imbalance starts. The directive, as I quoted, is quite clear in how it addresses that.

The amendment I did not address was my amendment No. e1. The notes I have state that acceptance of the amendment would delete section 2 of the Bill. This captures a lot of what I was already saying. This takes out, if you like, one of the main sections of the Bill or the main section, in some ways, that deals with this and replaces it with a wording that I believe is more equitable and addresses the concerns. Therefore, it is not that we are taking rights away from PPI or whoever would be there. This is making sure that we-----