Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but it also includes media commentary, including social media. I am taking the section in its totality. For example, on budget day, RTÉ always does a package of vox pops where it gets people from different sectors to give their views on it. Trade unions contact their members and say they should participate in the debate on how the budget has affected members – good, bad or indifferent. There is an argument that under this section if PDFORRA or RACO were to suggest to their members that they should participate in media commentary and give their analysis that they would be in breach of the section. I do not think that is the intention here but the difficulty lies in the wording "Government policy".

I do not think it would necessarily be a political matter in the sense of this legislation but it would very much be commentary on Government policy, and that is where I have a difficulty. That is why our amendments specify the deletion of the two words.