Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

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

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson-Designate

Photo of Malcolm ByrneMalcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree. That approach would be very welcome. It comes back very quickly to my earlier question and the response has been around political balance outside of election time. The BAI has had a significant role but in a diverse media that is going to be increasingly challenging. All of us as politicians would have criticisms. I would frequently be critical of RTÉ's current affairs programmes which regularly pit one Government representative against three Opposition representatives in contrast to Virgin Media which in fairness is much more balanced and tends to do one-on-one. Ms Craig's made a point about outside election times. What are the sort of issues she thinks we should be observing and monitoring?

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