Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely, as I stated earlier, value is derived from the service being provided by local radio stations. I welcome the insights the report provides into the revenue, costs and profits in the sector in recent years. It might be of interest to the Deputy as well that I will meet representatives of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland, IBI, group tomorrow to discuss the challenges and opportunities in this regard. As I said, I secured €6 million in the budget for the local democracy and court reporting schemes and these are being prioritised for implementation by Coimisiún na Meán. On funding, what really needs to be done is we must make a decision on putting in place a sustainable model that will give security to all providers of public service content. This is what is of paramount importance right now.

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