Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is session B of our discussion on oversight of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI. I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound system.

The joint committee has had a discussion with the OECD on its role as an oversight body which it intends to develop over the coming year. The committee intends to meet each regulator on an annual basis to review its performance. The committee is also developing a model of engagement with regulators and this will have ex-post, current year and ex-ante elements. Today, we are meeting the BAI to discuss the above. This is our first engagement with it and I welcome Professor Pauric Travers, BAI chairman, Mr. Michael O'Keeffe, BAI chief executive, and Ms Stephanie Comey, BAI senior manager.