Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed)
Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I am interested in what they said about empowering citizens and that it is critical as the national broadcaster. I constantly talk about public transport and buses in my constituency, Kildare North. When I bring up buses, I incorporate the issue into climate change and climate action. The witness mentioned that RTÉ has a climate correspondent; does RTÉ believe, as the national broadcaster, that every story has a climate aspect? Should all RTÉ reporters and journalists try to incorporate climate action into their stories?