Maire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will flash back to 20 years ago and congratulate Ms Cusack and her colleague, Mr. Fleming, on fighting back against the jazzing up and dumbing down of the weather forecast and ensuring the role of professional meteorologists was maintained. Where would we be today without serious science behind weather forecasts? A few of the questions I wanted to ask were on the public perception and the socio-economic impacts of climate change and trying to get that across on RTÉ to the ordinary person. The terminology that we use in here can be quite off-putting. I know the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, has a sound and vision scheme where it puts up certain titles or topics. Will RTÉ prioritise broadcasts from independent producers and programmes on climate action, climate change or climate information when people are submitting applications in competitions under the scheme?