Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide information in respect of the broadcasting levy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19490/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Under section 21 of the Broadcasting and Other Media Regulation Acts 2009 & 2022, the determination of the rate and structure of any future levy or levies, and the making of any levy orders, is a matter for Coimisiún na Meán as the independent regulator.

On foot of my commitment in the Dáil Report Stage of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022, on 5 December 2022 I wrote to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which has now been dissolved and subsumed into Coimisiún na Meán, to ask them to undertake an analysis of the financial health of the commercial radio sector and to submit a report to me. One of the purposes of the report is to inform deliberations by Coimisiún na Meán on the structure of the future levy or levies on regulated services, in particular commercial radio broadcasters.

I expect to receive this report shortly. I further expect that it will help inform the approach of Coimisiún na Meán as regards the future design of a levy on broadcasting services.