My Department has engaged extensively with the European Commission, other Member States and key stakeholders during the negotiation of this legislative proposal. Earlier this year, my Department conducted an initial scoping consultation with key stakeholders regarding the provisions that are expected to be contained in the final text. My Department is considering the input received while also conducting a scoping exercise which includes examining existing legislation and regulatory structures. The result of this process will be used to inform its approach to a public consultation which will be conducted once the text of the revised Directive has been finalised at EU level.
This public consultation will seek to gather the views of all interested parties on how we should approach the implementation of the provisions of the revised Directive, including the required changes to the regulation of on-demand service providers in Ireland, and how we should approach the co-regulation of Audiovisual Content on Video-Sharing Platform Services.
My officials have met and engaged with the On Demand Audiovisual Services Group (ODAS) on several occasions during the past two years, given the particular impact which the provisions of the revised Directive will have on-demand service providers. It should be noted that ODAS has no role in relation to Video-Sharing Platform Services.
