By agreement between the Whips it is proposed to take a motion dealing with the broadcast of Budget Statements. Does the House agree to take that now?
Agreed accordingly.
Broadcast of Budget Statements: Motion.
Dún Laoghaire): I move:
That Dáil Éireann authorise the broadcasting live on sound by Radio Telefís Éireann of the Budget statement of the Minister for Finance on 25 January 1984, and the statements of the Opposition spokesmen subject to the following conditions:—
(i) that all statements be broadcast in their entirety and that they be not interrupted by commentary, analysis or commercial breaks;
(ii) that the statements may not later be rebroadcast in whole or in part, save for the purposes of news bulletins; and
(iii) that copyright in the material be retained by Dáil Éireann.
Question put and agreed to.