Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion

Ms Dee Forbes:

It is very important to us. As I mentioned earlier, we are committed to doing what we can and what we need to do in the Irish language. We have recently become involved in podcasting in the Irish language. We have new programming on Raidió na Gaeltachta, for example. We are trying a new show with Liam Ó Maonlaí. There is a lot of great innovation happening around content and the Irish language. As Ms Doherty mentioned, it must be looked at in the round. We must consider what we can do versus what we have to spend. We are committed to doing as much as we can. 2FM also has a chart show as Gaeilge. We are doing an awful lot of interesting and innovative things. We could do an awful lot more if the funding was there.

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