Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with the GAA regarding the cost to the viewer of streaming club matches. [3615/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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With regard to the regulation of streaming services generally, the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 provides for the regulation of streaming services, which will be overseen by Coimisiún na Meán upon its establishment.

The Act provides for the creation of a register of streaming services which are established in the State, and for the imposition of binding media codes and rules by Coimisiún na Meán governing the standards and practices of streaming services. The regulatory framework for streaming services does not and cannot provide for the imposition of price controls on streaming services, as this would be contrary to EU law, which provides for the regulation of prices only in specific and limited circumstances.

Broadcast rights for sporting events are purely commercial matters for the rights holder concerned, and as such it would not be appropriate for me to engage with the GAA, or any other rights holder, on the commercial agreements which they enter into.