Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for outlining the changes made in the Dáil. We are obviously disappointed that the levy has not been prescribed in the Bill, but we look forward to the work coimisiún na meán will undertake on the content levy. It will be an extremely important funding stream for the industry. I welcome the independent production element to the scheme and the addition of Screen Ireland. I think I had an amendment to that end. It is important to both the RTÉ independent production fund and this production fund that it is not just a small pool of independent production companies accessing those moneys, as is currently the case. I thank the Minister for outlining the amendments.