Michael Ahern (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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The "Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act, 2007" was enacted in December 2007 with the objective, inter alia, of facilitating the introduction of a Public Lending remuneration scheme. During the passage of the legislation in the Houses of the Oireachtas, it was pointed out that responsibility for the introduction of an operational lending scheme resides with my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage, and Local Government. The scheme will be introduced by way of Ministerial Regulations under the 2007 Act. I understand from my Ministerial colleague that Regulations to introduce an operational lending scheme are at an advanced stage of preparation and that the scheme is expected to be operational from 1 January 2009.