Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 223:

In page 131, to delete lines 34 to 37, and in page 132, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “(3)(a) A scheme shall, in particular:

(i) dedicate not less than 80 per cent of the funding available under each scheme to audiovisual works that are developed or produced by independent production companies, as described in, and which qualify as a ‘independent programme’ under, section 116(12) of the Act of 2009; and

(ii) where there is a fair and equitable balance in relation to the allocation of rights ownership in those works, as prescribed by the Commission, after consultation with independent production companies (or such persons appearing to the Commission to represent them) between the independent production company producing the work and the audiovisual media service provider or providers referred to in section 159F(2), on whose service the work is included.

(b) A Scheme may, in particular:

(i) specify the kind of support for which funds may be granted or advanced by reference to the subject matter of the programmes within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (2) or in relation to the measures referred to in subsection (2)(e);

(ii) limit support for which funds may be granted or advanced in a particular period to support of specified kinds; and

(iii) be managed by the Commission in co-partnership with another agency or its management may be delegated by the Commission to another agency on such terms and conditions as the Commission shall prescribe.”.

I will withdraw with the right to resubmit. The Minister has been positive about some aspects of it.