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
Mr. Noel Quinn:
I pass on my condolences on the passing of the Cathaoirleach's father. We would never hide behind platform issues because it does not matter how big you are - even Amazon and eBay will have issues - you will have issues and we have had issues. We are investing this year in trying to solidify that. On Saorview and how we could gain support, I have had discussions about how to make Saorview easier to access. We appreciate that not everyone can use Chromecast or download an app. We point people in the direction of the 300 free-to-air games on RTÉ and TG4. However, for games that are on GAA+ for which people need to know how to use Apple TV, we explored previously an EPG line where GAA+ is found on channel 188. That was cost-prohibitive at the time but it would be nice to ignite those conversations again.