Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 November 2003

Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

The emphasis on additionality is central to the fund and it will be a fundamental criterion of eligibility for funding. Programmes funded must be in addition to the existing requirements on broadcasters and in addition to their existing outputs. The scheme will also be used to fund the development of archiving of television and radio programme material. This is a follow-up on one of the recommendations of the forum on broadcasting which reported to me last year. The forum highlighted the lack of a co-ordinated approach or overall direction to the archiving of programme material at present, and the variety of agencies already involved in the archiving of audio-visual material generally, including for example the National Archives, the Irish Film Board and the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

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