Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I move:

That, pursuant to Standing Order 177, Standing Order 131 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that it has power to make provision in the Bill to amend the Broadcasting Act 2009 to provide for reallocation of part of the TV Licence Receipts from RTÉ to TG4 and capping of the amount paid to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources by the Department of Social Protection in respect of free television licences, thereby giving legal effect to the Budget 2011 decisions, and to render compatible with EU State Rules the wording of the Act which allows for the establishment of a Broadcasting Funding Scheme to support the development of, inter alia, the archiving by broadcasters of programme material, and to change the title of the Bill to take account of these provisions.

I am putting forward this motion to enable a number of important and urgent amendments to be made to the Broadcasting Act 2009, which will be taken on Committee Stage of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010. That Bill is currently before the House.

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