Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Committee on Public Petitions

Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Feeney to our meeting and thank him for his presentation and time. Taking up from where the Chair finished, in the context of the initiation of complaints, Mr. Feeney said that "Complaints can only be considered about something that has been published in the last three months". Why is it that prescriptive? For example, if a newspaper were to write an article that someone wanted to complain about to Mr. Feeney, why must a complaint be made within three months? Why can the time not be open-ended?

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