Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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To follow on in the same vein, it was interesting to hear mention of the good relationship with the US streaming companies. Is there any view about the streaming levy coming not only from the US streaming companies but also from those who are making the fabulous productions here in Ireland? Has that come across?

I have another question about section 481. A cultural test is required at the moment and three of eight criteria must be satisfied. Some of those criteria suggest you could make a film outside Ireland and with little connection to the country. Some of the criteria are quite wide. Should consideration be given to requiring four of the eight criteria to be satisfied? That could make things more indigenous to Ireland and the EU. Some of the criteria are loose.