Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion
Mr. Rory Montgomery:
I will just add one thing, which is that looking back over our records, in fact, representatives of virtually every party have at one time or another made use of our structures. Therefore, it is not a question of people automatically going to law, but there is no doubt that it is a phenomenon. We came out and welcomed the Taoiseach's call in the autumn for political people to use our structures. As the Senator said, it is not the end of the road if people are not happy with the outcome. It seems to me standing back that politicians have a better platform to defend their good name, perhaps, than ordinary citizens. Most of our cases are coming from ordinary citizens in ordinary occupations who feel that something has been gotten wrong at the local or national level. That is an important point to make.
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