Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 November 2003

Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

It is important that Irish culture, heritage and the experiences of the past are covered by the Bill. The legislation also sets out to improve adult literacy skills and the archiving of programme material. This will be vital in the future, particularly when considering the change in culture that takes place each decade and even each year. A considerable amount of our culture has changed in the past ten to 15 years, as it does on an ongoing basis and it is important to record this for future generations. While at the time it may not be commercially viable or considered necessary by the current generation to put such programmes in place, as Senator Ó Murchú mentioned, much of the programming done by RTE in the past has provided a great historical bank for our generation.

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