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. Séamus Dooley:
Yes. The NUJ recovery plan, which was published immediately after Covid, advocated a tech levy, which is a similar kind of thing. As far as we are concerned, the big tech giants, which are often indulged because of their importance to the Irish economy, regularly are free-riders on the bus. This also goes back to the copyright issue. Anything which forces people who are earning to subsidise effectively - or cross-subsidise - is something we would welcome.