David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is largely unworkable. Forget about the Irish stations, because the Minister can do something about them. but there are many commercial television stations broadcasting into this country. I do not give a damn about television. I have an old-fashioned television set and I get five stations which is plenty for me. There are a couple of hundred stations out there and they will not give a damn what the Irish Government proposes in its legislation. They will be broadcasting advertisements into the State goodo. It will be largely ineffective. Does the Minister have any ideas on this area and whether we are creating a double standard, with one standard for television companies broadcasting from abroad into the country? Perhaps we could set up jamming. That would be wonderful - jam CNN and Fox News, today, yesterday and forever. That would be great.