Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting

9:30 am

Ms Dee Forbes:

On our news app, we try to create more regional-specific content. We have a number of regional correspondents. We are always filing stories every day into both the news bulletins and importantly into the digital space. If one looks on the app, one can localise within provinces. For example, one can look at Leinster or Munster. One can get more local there. We try to have as much of that in there as possible. However, the Deputy can appreciate that our role is the national broadcaster. We try to bring the national picture. However, of course, we do hone in on particular areas at different times.