Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to allow for social media and other online platforms that link or allow for sharing of content created by news websites to be charged by those news sites that create the shared content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11652/21]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The use of press publisher content will be addressed in the context of EU Copyright Directive which all EU Member States are required to transpose into national law by 7 June 2021.

The Copyright Directive contains a number of varied provisions that constitute a significant updating of European Union Copyright Law, reducing the difference between national copyright regimes throughout the EU. The objective is to achieve a fair balance between the interests of all stakeholders.

Specifically, Article 15 of the Directive establishes a press publishers' right to seek remuneration by authorising the online use of their works by online news aggregators. Typically, the fee payable for use by a platform of a press publisher’s work would form part of a licensing agreement between both parties.

In Ireland, it remains the intention to transpose the Directive within the deadline of 7 June 2021.