Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Jon Williams:
I can answer about "Morning Ireland". "Morning Ireland" produces 250 programmes per year, and although my maths are not great, ten programmes from 250 programmes do not strike me as being terribly representative. In the past month we have had the Minister with responsibility for climate action on to speak about the end of the COP summit in Katowice and we have had Ms Mary Robinson on to talk about her foundation and climate change. Of course we could always do more but climate change and climate action form one of the subjects that "Morning Ireland" tackles. I am afraid that without knowing the period in which the sample was taken, it is very difficult to be specific. From my perspective, if we reported on a ten-day sample from 250 programmes, we would rightly be called out for it.