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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 with amendment No. 86, I cannot accept amendment No. 87 as it simply repeats a change to the 2009 Act made by the Bill, in this case in section 33. The other element of this amendment seeks to change the requirement on RTÉ to make available a national television and sound broadcasting service to the whole community on the island of Ireland...

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

Catherine Martin: The difference here is it would be known by people that RTÉ is compelled by legislation to make events available, so therefore it would be unfair because it would be charged premium rights if it is compelled in legislation. Regarding the GAA, RTÉ made that decision itself. This would be forcing it in legislation and therefore would lead to that unfairness when it comes to looking...

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

Catherine Martin: Not within the context of legislation; perhaps in the broader outlook. This is not for legislation.

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 said in my contribution that I understand the frustration of viewers when certain events may not be shown. The people who cannot travel down and want to watch it in Tyrone and support their team cannot do that. However, if it were to be interpreted as compelling RTÉ to acquire the rights to such sporting events, it leads, as I said to Deputy Munster, to that unfairness. Premium...

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

Catherine Martin: Is the Deputy addressing amendment No. 88?

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

Catherine Martin: Again, in the case the Deputy is referencing, it is the sporting organisation, not RTÉ, that is the one allocating the rights on a territorial basis. It is not RTÉ, it is the actual sporting organisation, which in this case was the GAA. It is not RTÉ. Amendment No. 88 seeks to change the requirement on RTÉ to make available a national television and sound 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: This amendment would introduce obligations regarding the rates of pay for RTÉ employees. The independence of RTÉ in operational matters is provided for in legislation and I do not believe it is appropriate to introduce legislative provisions in this regard. RTÉ is currently undertaking a review of the staff grading structures across the organisation and services. If there...

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 hear the Deputies' concerns and frustration about this. I am not sure if the place for this provision is within this legislation but I will ask my officials to follow up with RTÉ on this. I would be of the opinion, as I said earlier, that any discrepancies around equal pay for equal work should be addressed in that review. They should be identified and rectified. I will give a...

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

Catherine Martin: We will come back to the Deputies before Report Stage. I am committing that my officials will follow up and look for clarity on that issue. We will have that information and the response before Report Stage.

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

Catherine Martin: The amendment would introduce a new baseline for investment by RTÉ in Irish language content of 25% of the investment it makes in independent productions annually. As I outlined yesterday, the Future of Media Commission has recommended a comprehensive review of all Irish language services. I do not believe that making a statutory provision, as envisaged by the amendment, is the most...

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. 94: In page 71, line 21, to delete “(1)”. Section 128C of the Broadcasting Act, as substituted by the Bill, provides that coimisiún na meán may make rules to ensure the prominence of public service programmes and media services on "interactive guides". In practice, public service programmes and services refer to RTÉ and TG4 as public...

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. 95: In page 71, lines 24 and 25, to delete “and accessed by the use of a terminal”.

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. 96: In page 72, to delete line 18 and substitute “77.”.

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. 97: In page 72, to delete lines 19 to 27.

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

Catherine Martin: Amendments Nos. 98 and 99 are intended to ensure that coimisiún na meán provide for the prominence of Irish-language programming and services in any rules made by coimisiún na meán under section 128C of the Broadcasting Act, as inserted by the Bill. As I indicated earlier, public service programmes and public service media services include, by virtue of the definitions...

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 do not propose to accept the amendment. I note the intent of the amendment but this matter will primarily be addressed by my colleague, the Tánaiste, and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in the context of the legislation necessary to give effect to the implementation of the DSA in Ireland. It would not be useful to cut across that work at this stage. Members will...

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

Catherine Martin: When the DSA comes into effect-----

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

Catherine Martin: It will be the DSC. The Government agreed that. There is crossover there but we are working closely with our colleagues in the other Department.

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

Catherine Martin: Coimisiún na meán will be the regulator of it. The Deputy asked about the strategy as well, which is being led by my Department but it involves a working group of the relevant Departments, civil society organisations and industry stakeholders. I propose that there would be a public consultation on that.

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

Catherine Martin: From the beginning I have always said that the Bill cannot address every issue at once. There is that connection with what has been done with the DSA in the Tánaiste's Department so it is not that it is being left to one side; we are getting this up and running. It cannot address every issue at once and because the coimisiún will be the DSC you will see that being worked together...