Dáil debates
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
12:30 pm
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Yes but I just wanted to say that the commission deals with that. It also deals with the financial underpinning of media into the future and the changing media landscape. Public service broadcasting is still a very important part of that, as is local radio. We have seen the best of the media during the pandemic itself, which should reinforce our commitment to do something about the financial underpinning of all of that because the current licence fee and collection regime is not fit for purpose. That will be the big test for the Oireachtas in terms of how we want to underpin media into the future from a financial perspective.
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