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

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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It is like what Mr. Quinn just said about young people in particular. It is great to see them take out their phones for Cathal O'Sullivan scoring a screamer from 30 yards out for Cork City. We can take our pick of Cork players from last weekend. Maybe it could be one of the Downeys taking a ball from the air. It is great that young people now are able to see that, particularly on the apps and the various platforms.

My time is brief. I might ask both organisations to answer the following if they want to do so it in their own time. They have spoken about how the levy might work if it were to come in. Is it their preference that they would just be exempt as minor players in the market or would they prefer a more tiered approach? How would they both see it?