Broadcasting (Funding) Act 2003
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Objectives of scheme. |
3.—(1) The objectives of a scheme in relation to programmes referred to in section 2 (1)(a) are to— | |
(a) develop high quality programmes based on Irish culture, heritage and experience, | ||
(b) develop these programmes in the Irish language, | ||
(c) increase the availability of programmes referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) to audiences in the State, | ||
(d) represent the diversity of Irish culture and heritage, | ||
(e) record oral Irish heritage and aspects of Irish heritage which are disappearing, under threat, or have not been previously recorded, and | ||
(f) develop local and community broadcasting. | ||
(2) The objective of a scheme in relation to the development of archiving of programme material produced in the State referred to in section 2 (1)(d) is to develop an integrated approach to the archiving of programme material, including the development of suitable storage processes and formats and the accessing of material by interested parties. | ||
(3) The Commission, in preparing a scheme and in considering applications for funding, shall have regard to the objectives of a scheme. |