Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding digital piracy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30558/12]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I regret the delay in responding formally to the Deputy in writing. On foot of the Deputy's correspondence I met with the parties on whose behalf he wrote to me regarding their concerns about digital piracy last December. In the interim the Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation signed into law the European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012. This provides a statutory basis to address the issues of concern to the parties in question. The Minister also launched the next stage of the Copyright Review Committee review of Ireland's copyright legislation, aimed at removing barriers to innovation.