Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 20: Broadcasting Fund
Broadcasting Fund Financial Statements 2011
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Financial Statements 2011

12:20 pm

Photo of Robert DowdsRobert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I thank the witnesses for attending. I apologise for the delay that occurred. I will direct most of my questions to the witnesses from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The authority has an important role in the promotion of Irish culture through film, radio and so on and it would consider itself an enabler in that regard. In the sense in which it is that, does it simply respond to requests for funding or is there an element of actively trying to promote different areas of Irish culture?