Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Jim Jennings:

"Turf Life" was a lifestyle programme that involved some funding from Bord na Móna. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, did an investigation into it and found that it should have been stated at the end of the programme that it had been part-funded by Bord na Móna. That was a mistake on our part and we put our hands up and said it should not have happened. Quite honestly, we were pretty annoyed that it got through in the way that it did. We instigated a review in RTÉ of how it happened. The production unit involved is very clear on the procedures for this type of programming. I assure the Deputy it will not happen again.