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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Policy (27 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: While I have not had any direct engagements with the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the return of antiquities or historical objects originating from Ireland, senior officials in my Department meet regularly with their counterparts in the Department of Foreign Affairs on a wide agenda of cultural matters of mutual interest. In terms of the issue in question, this is a matter of which I...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 79: In page 59, line 34, to delete “Complaints”. Section 11 provides for amendments to sections 47 and 48 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, the purpose of which is to extend the complaint-handling provisions which currently apply to broadcasters to cover video on-demand services and to provide for circumstances in which coimisiún na meán may handle...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 80: In page 60, line 23, to delete “or” and substitute the following: "(c) the complaint has been resolved effectively under a code of practice prepared under section 47(3), or”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 81: In page 60, line 24, to delete “(c) the complaint” and substitute “(d) the complaint”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 82: In page 60, line 27, to delete “section 139ZA(2)” and substitute “section 139ZI(2)”.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 83: In page 61, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(e) in subsection (21), in paragraph (q), by the substitution of “section 31 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022” for “section 3 of the Act of 1998”,”. The purpose of these consequential amendments is to take account of the enactment of the Electoral Reform...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Deputy for the amendment. As she said, it would require that no fewer than 50% of the board members of RTÉ be proficient in the Irish language. A provision of this kind would be at odds with provisions for membership of State boards more generally. With regard to the criteria necessary for consideration as a member of the board of RTÉ, section 82 of the Broadcasting...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: I again thank the Deputies for the amendment but I cannot accept it for a number of reasons. The amendment seeks to change the position in the 2009 Act where video on-demand services are titled "non-broadcast non-linear audio-visual media services" to "audiovisual on-demand media services" in line with the language in EU law. However, this is already provided for in sections 33 and 34. On...