Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion
5:00 pm
Mr. Pádhraic Ó Ciardha:
It is important to remember in all of this that all the funding we get goes to the independent production sector. This is about content creation. It is about real jobs and preserving and developing our culture.
Our station is called TG4 for a reason. It is because we could not find any prominence or findability 20 years ago – although it seems like a century ago now. It is very important that we have findability and prominence and that this is safeguarded by whatever means necessary.