Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting
9:30 am
James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Drama. The sum needs to be drastically increased. Obviously, that will require support from the Government. My view is that increasing that budget significantly, and perhaps even doubling it, would represent a good return for that type of investment. Going back to the success of "Normal People" and other shows, it can be done. In the limited time I have left-----