Seanad debates
Tuesday, 11 November 2003
Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
The €8 million to be made available is a significant sum for the sort of community sector to which Senators referred. Their operating costs, as Senators know, are low. They operate, in the main, in the voluntary sector. Their main expenses are local transmission costs and limited production costs given the type of programming in which they are involved. I am firmly of the opinion that the very talented people operating in the community sector are the ones who will seek funding from the BCI.
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